Everyone was mad at the Galaxy S26 Ultra — but Samsung just told us why it's all been a big misunderstanding

• Some press were seemingly provided the wrong Galaxy S26 Ultra specs
• The phone's screen has 8-bit color depth, not 10-bit
• Samsung has AI mania, but buyers want top-end hardware more

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra isn't even out yet, and it's found itself mired in a controversy that probably won't make sense for a lot of people, but has caused a fair amount of anger and a lot more confusion.

So what's happened? Well, the Galaxy S26 Ultra has a 6.9-inch, 3120 x 1440, Dynamic AMOLED 2X display, and it looks great, but it only supports 8-bit color. Some media initially reported that the display supported 10-bit color, seemingly off the back of information provided at briefing sessions, leading it to be widely reported before the confusion became apparent.

It initially wasn't clear whether this was erroneous information ...