Over time, the Galaxy S Plus fashions misplaced their reputation due to the inclusion of the Notice collection, which has now developed to the Extremely mannequin. The Galaxy Notice collection reached its finish with the Galaxy S22 Extremely (2022), which was the primary Extremely mannequin to incorporate the S Pen. Transient historical past lesson apart, it now appears that the Samsung Galaxy S Plus mannequin goes to satisfy an analogous destiny with the newcomer within the S household known as the Galaxy Edge. As per a report, Samsung might not embody the Galaxy S26+ within the upcoming S26 lineup that’s anticipated to launch in early 2026. It’s probably that the brand new Edge smartphone in 2026 would possibly substitute the Plus variant.
Sammy Police, claims to have noticed solely three fashions for the approaching 12 months’s Samsung Galaxy S26 collection lineup. The supply claims that it might solely discover the usual Samsung Galaxy S26 (SM-S942), the Galaxy S26 Edge (SM-S947), and the Galaxy S26 Extremely (SM-S948) within the GSMA database, which is the place smartphones get listed properly prematurely.
The report additionally states that the Galaxy S26+ (may very well be tagged because the SM-S946) would possibly get added at a later date. Nevertheless, the probabilities of this taking place appear a bit slim as a result of Samsung all the time provides all its upcoming fashions to the database on the earliest, concluding that if it doesn’t make it to the database within the subsequent two weeks, it would as properly be cancelled.
As pointed out in our review of the Galaxy S25 Edge, the Galaxy S25 Plus makes the Edge redundant in India. We even prompt that Samsung ought to simply mix the 2 fashions into the Edge mannequin to make higher sense of its future lineup. A transfer like this additionally signifies that Samsung might be including extra firepower to its next-generation Edge mannequin. The mannequin comes up quick in few areas and including some Professional-grade options to it might make the Galaxy S26+ redundant and assist the Galaxy S26 Edge promote higher.
Whereas we advise our readers to take the above info with a pinch of salt, if true, the Galaxy S25 collection stands out as the final S collection from Samsung to have a Plus-sized mannequin in it. The primary Plus mannequin from Samsung was the Galaxy S8+ (2017) which was the evolution of the bigger-screened Galaxy S7 Edge mannequin launched in 2016. The Galaxy S7 Edge was an even bigger model of the usual (but compact) Galaxy S7 that had a flat show. The Galaxy S7 Edge obtained an aggressively curved dual-edge show, which later obtained branded because the Infinity show with the Galaxy S8 collection.