Galaxy S26 Ultra RAM Is Out and It Disappoints Hard
Hello everyone. Once again, the tech world lights up over a “revelation” – and I use that term in the same breath as a doctor telling you your symptoms are “probably fine.” Ice Universe, the reliable leaker that Samsung PR departments probably grit their teeth over, has let slip that the Galaxy S26 Ultra will sport – drum roll – exactly the same 10.7Gbps LPDDR5X RAM as the S25 Ultra. And just like that, the crowd goes mild.
The Specs Stagnation Syndrome
Let’s be honest – 12GB of RAM in a flagship phone in late 2025 is about as exciting as running Skyrim for the ninth time on yet another platform. Sure, it works. It’s stable. It does what you expect. But it’s hardly pushing the envelope, is it? Samsung hasn’t bumped RAM capacity since the Galaxy S20 Ultra – yes, remember 2020? A time when social distancing was a thing, and apparently so was distancing yourself from innovation in memory capacity.
Meanwhile, the competition is racking up RAM numbers like an MMORPG loot table on double-drop weekend. 16GB base models. 24GB on premium variants. These companies are effectively giving your phone the kind of memory that lets you run half the Android ecosystem, ten browser tabs, and a suspicious emulator running Pokémon – all without breaking a sweat.
Samsung’s “Good Enough” Philosophy
Now, from a purely clinical standpoint – and yes, Doctor’s orders coming in here – 12GB is indeed perfectly fine for the average user. But flagships aren’t built for “average”, they’re built as marketing showcases for bleeding-edge tech. And right now, the S26 Ultra is about as bleeding-edge as a plastic safety scalpel in a medical school demo kit. This is a device meant to symbolize the peak of Android performance, yet it’s giving us the tech equivalent of reheating yesterday’s curry and acting like it’s a gourmet meal.
Competitive Check-Up
- Xiaomi Ultra: 16GB baseline, going up to 24GB for those with RAM fetishism.
- OnePlus 15: 16GB standard – No excuses here.
- Google Pixel 10 Series: Matching the rest with 16GB, and doing it with a straight face.
- Apple iPhone: Still rocking 8GB – but let’s face it, they operate in their own alternate reality bubble.
Looking at this, Samsung sticking to 12GB makes the S26 Ultra look like the scrappy gamer still raiding with a potato-tier graphics card while everyone else is rocking RTX monsters.
Conspiracy Corner
Here’s a thought worthy of your favorite tinfoil hat: maybe Samsung deliberately holds back hardware upgrades to upsell some inevitable “Ultra+” edition later. You know, just like when a game releases “DLC” that conveniently contains stuff already finished before launch. Pure speculation, of course – but the pattern is more obvious than a loot box cash grab.
Final Diagnosis
If you’re living in Samsung’s ecosystem and you value their build quality, camera prowess, and software polish – this won’t be a dealbreaker. But if you’re the kind of tech enthusiast who demands hardware that genuinely leaps forward each year, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is shaping up to be a conservative, risk-averse “increment” rather than a technological revolution. It’s a flagship with flagship pricing and mid-cycle ambition.
Verdict? Mildly disappointed. Not “throw-your-phone-out-the-window” levels, but enough to keep the S26 Ultra off the podium in the spec race.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is entirely my opinion.
Article Source: The Galaxy S26 Ultra’s RAM type revealed, https://www.gsmarena.com/the_galaxy_s26_ultras_ram_is_out_and_it_disappoints-news-68969.php
