https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UmhpPwVR3II was out in San Francisco this week to get some hands-on time with the brand-new Samsung Galaxy S26 lineup. Let me be right up front: the very first thing I noticed — and I’m certain many of you did as well — is that these phones haven’t changed much at all from last year’s iterations. Yet, despite this glaring lack of hardware innovation, two models in this new lineup have seen their prices increase by a whopping $100 each.Initially, my game plan was to write an article and make a video lambasting Samsung for, once again, being incredibly lazy with its yearly upgrades. I was fully prepared to argue (again) that last year’s devices are probably the much better buy (again). But then, Samsung started showing off the brand-new software features baked into the Galaxy S26 series.