The Galaxy S25 Ultra tops our list of the best camera phones you can buy, but it sounds like Samsung is considering a way to make its successor even more flexible, by reviving a feature last seen in 2019.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could gain a camera hardware feature seen on older Galaxy devices and rival flagships.

According to a reliable Samsung tipster, IceUniverse on Weibo, Samsung may bring back the variable aperture in its camera in its upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra flagship smartphone. This was last seen in the Galaxy S9 and S10 series.

The image quality is quite strong,” wrote our global editor Mark Spoonauer in our Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 review. “But if you’re paying this much money you should get the