The primary official indicators of Samsung’s Galaxy S26 collection have emerged, with the Galaxy S26 Edge and S26 Extremely showing in the IMEI database. The listings, uncovered by SammyPolice, are an early however dependable indicator that improvement of the new Samsung flagships is progressing proper on schedule for a January 2026 launch.

The IMEI listings present model numbers SM-S947U for the Galaxy S26 Edge and SM-S948U and SM-S948N for the S26 Extremely, concentrating on the US and South Korean markets, respectively.

What’s extra fascinating, although, is the look of the Galaxy S26 Edge this early in the cycle, which could imply that Samsung is certainly ditching the Plus variant as beforehand rumored.

Galaxy S26 Edge coming early?

The Galaxy S25 Edge launched in Could this 12 months, a number of months after the remainder of the S25 collection. In distinction, this early itemizing of the Galaxy S26 Edge strongly suggests Samsung shouldn’t be making that mistake once more.

That delayed rollout of the S25 Edge seems to have impacted its gross sales momentum, and the cellphone is reportedly underperforming in comparison with Samsung’s expectations. Nonetheless, with the S26 Edge now showing in regulatory filings so early, it appears more and more possible that Samsung desires to interchange the Plus model with the Edge in 2026, presumably leading to higher gross sales for the ultra-thin flagship. That stated, an earlier report additionally instructed that if gross sales of the S25 Edge don’t meet Samsung’s targets, the firm may backtrack and preserve the Plus model in the S26 collection as a substitute.

On the software program entrance, the Galaxy S26 collection is anticipated to ship with One UI 8.5. Whereas particulars on this new model are nonetheless below wraps, the return of the “.5” replace suggests it may very well be the subsequent huge One UI replace to look out for.

We count on extra concrete data to seem later in the improvement cycle of the Galaxy S26 collection.