Exclusive: we've confirmed the Galaxy S26 Ultra's storage type - and it's not UFS 4.1
PhoneArena • • technology
Key Points:
- The Galaxy S26 Ultra is equipped with UFS 4.0 storage instead of the more advanced and preferred UFS 4.1, as confirmed by Samsung and testing results.
- This follows another downgrade revelation that the Galaxy S26 features an 8-bit color depth panel rather than the expected 10-bit panel.
- UFS 4.1 offers faster data transfer, smarter WriteBooster with Buffer Resizing and Partial Flushes, and supports up to 2 TB storage with QLC NAND, making it significantly more efficient than UFS 4.0.
- Given the Ultra model uses UFS 4.0, it is likely that the Galaxy S26 and S26+ also do not include U
