Samsung is reportedly making a million more Galaxy S26 Ultra units than initially planned | Infinium-tech

Samsung is ramping up its initial production for the upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra, which will be officially unveiled at the Unpacked event tomorrow, according to a new report from its home country of Korea.

The company was reportedly initially planning to make around 2.5-2.9 million units in the first two months, but the number has now increased to 3.5-3.9 million units. This is an increase of almost one million, and it is certainly not small.

However, this is only a report from an “industry insider”, so don’t forget to take it with a pinch of salt. The reason for the initial production increase is apparently related to Samsung’s preparation for higher production costs due to rising semiconductor prices.

Basically, this isn’t necessarily a sign that the company thinks the S26 Ultra will perform better than initially expected in terms of sales in its first months of availability. Instead, Samsung will be storing excess units to be sold later, because it can make them now at a price it thinks is lower than what it will manage at the end of the year.

The overall production plan for the S26 Ultra has not changed for the first year, which further strengthens this theory. Samsung is expected to make about 18 million units of the phone in the first year. This means it expects the Ultra to be the best-seller in the S26 family so far, as it only plans to produce 12 million units of the S26 and S26+ combined.

Source (in Korean)