Samsung may not start mass producing the Galaxy S26 Plus until JanuaryIt's looking increasingly likely that the Samsung Galaxy S26 series will be delayed.

Samsung may not start mass producing the Galaxy S26 Plus until January

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TL;DR

• Samsung will reportedly start mass production of the Galaxy S26 Ultra in December.
• Mass production of the remaining models will reportedly start in January.
• The company had originally planned to start mass production of all three models in December

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At the beginning of October, there were rumblings that Samsung may be reversing course on replacing the Galaxy S Plus with the Edge. Not long after, we started hearing reports that Samsung may have halted development on the Galaxy S26 Edge due to lower-than-expected sales. That decision appears to have had a ripple effect that’s now changing the production schedule of the company’s next flagship phones.

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It's looking increasingly likely that the Samsung Galaxy S26 series will be delayed.Ryan McNeal2025-10-23T16:23:51.000Z{}