Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge renders confirm camera island thickness

This year has seen some unusual smartphone designs, and there will be more next year. Did you catch yesterday’s leak, which revealed the Galaxy S26 series dummies? The S26 Edge stood out for its extremely large camera island.

OnLeaks’ CAD-based renders have finally been made available online. They corroborate the overall design and provide precise dimensions (158.4 x 75.7 x 5.5 mm). This is 0.3 mm thinner than the existing S25 Edge but does not account for the camera island.

The camera island pushes the total thickness up to 10.8 mm. That’s a lot. Especially as it covers virtually the entire width of the phone. Why did Samsung choose such a strange design? We hope to find out with future disclosures.

Anyway, according to the leak, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Edge will have built-in magnets for full Qi2 functionality. Of course, the camera island may complicate the design of magnetic snap-on accessories; see yesterday’s fake leak for a visual of where the circle of magnets is in respect to the island.

The display will have a 6.7″ diagonal, as before; other specifics about the panel are to be determined. Based on that and the S25 Edge’s same proportions, the 2026 model should feature similar screen bezels.

On the good side, Samsung apparently discovered a way to improve battery capacity over the current Edge, increasing it from 3,900 mAh to 4,200 mAh. That’s not as much as we’d like from a Si/C battery, but it could explain why the Galaxy S26 Edge is the shape it is.

Previously, we saw the Edge perform Geekbench with a Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 (or whatever processor is called), which is set to be formally unveiled shortly. Other upgrades could include a 50MP ultra-wide camera, but no third camera will be introduced, despite the XL-sized jump.

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