A story appeared in several newspapers claiming that Samsung’s chairman, Lee Jae-Yong, told a bunch of company bigwigs that its new flagship phone was so bad that even the iPhone was better.

However, the story was false. In a meeting with 40 department heads, the Samsung chairman played a video with feedback from Samsung customers. The video clip featured some users expressing dissatisfaction with the current state of Galaxy smartphones. Chairman Lee Jae-Yong implored the executives to think from a customer's perspective.

Early versions of the article, which were copied by several Apple fanzines, quoted Samsung chairman Lee Jae-Yong as saying: "Galaxy smartphones are more disappointing than iPhone in this regard."

However, as the stories came out, Samsung’s press office was rapidly on the blower ordering retractions.  The comments were never made by Lee but by a couple of customers on the videos.  He never referred to Samsung’s new phone, but the company’s customer orientation.

Chairman Lee basically asked the department heads for a more customer-centric approach and to work on features like generative AI, which has already made a debut alongside the Galaxy S24 series, which is not exactly an exciting story.

Some magazines have since issued corrections, and no doubt told the Apple fanboys that they hire to check their facts before shamefully damaging the magazine’s reputation by acting as a huge tech company's black-shirted bootboys.  

A previous leak hinted Samsung could use a Sony camera sensor on the Galaxy S25 and S25+. The Galaxy S25 Ultra will have variable zoom, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra could be the first to use a 1-inch sensor. The Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6 are rumoured to shed some weight and come with larger displays.