Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Leaked Hours Before Unpacked: Thinner, Brighter, Bigger Battery

Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 Leak: Evan Blass came out of retirement for this one. That alone tells you how significant it is.

With less than 24 hours to go before Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22 in London, the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 has been fully revealed by well-known tipster Evan Blass via his Leakmail newsletter — official promotional images, specs and all. Samsung’s flagship smartwatch gets a meaningful upgrade across every key metric this generation: bigger battery, thinner chassis, brighter display, and a chipset switch that nobody saw coming.

Here’s the complete picture.

Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 vs Galaxy Watch Ultra: What’s Changed

The Four Headline Upgrades

Battery: 35% More Capacity, 12% Thinner Body

This is the most technically impressive feat in the leak. The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 carries an 800mAh battery — a jump of roughly 35% over the 590mAh cell in the original Ultra — and is simultaneously 12% thinner than its predecessor. Getting a bigger battery into a smaller body almost certainly means Samsung has switched to silicon-carbon battery technology, which is used widely in phones from Chinese manufacturers like Oppo and Xiaomi but is new territory for Samsung’s wearables. Battery life is claimed to have jumped from 48 hours to 60 hours — a meaningful gain for serious athletes and outdoor users.

Display: 5,000 Nits — Up From 3,000

The display is expected to reach brightness levels of up to 5,000 nits, a significant boost from 3,000 nits on the 2025 model. For outdoor workouts, direct sunlight readability has been a persistent complaint on even the best smartwatches. At 5,000 nits, the Ultra 2 enters Apple Watch Ultra territory and should be genuinely readable in any condition.

Chipset: Samsung Ditches Exynos for Snapdragon

The leaked promotional material ties the Ultra 2 to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite, which would make it the first Galaxy Watch to leave Samsung’s own Exynos silicon for Qualcomm’s. That’s a bigger deal than it might sound — it’s the same strategic pivot Apple made when it switched from Intel to its own silicon, but in reverse: Samsung moving away from in-house chips for a better third-party option. The chip also brings a dedicated Hexagon NPU and can reportedly run AI models with up to 2 billion parameters directly on the wrist at around 10 tokens per second — the first dedicated on-device AI silicon in the Ultra line.

Durability: IP69K Replaces IP68

The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will offer an IP69K durability rating, an improvement over the IP68 certification of the original model. As we noted in our Galaxy Z Fold 8 coverage, IP69K adds resistance to high-pressure, high-temperature water jets — the same dual-certification the Tecno Camon 50 Ultra brought to the mid-range phone segment. On a rugged sports watch, it’s an entirely appropriate upgrade.

Design: Familiar But Refined

The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 retains the distinctive “squarcle” design and is said to feature a titanium chassis. Samsung is clearly betting on refinement over reinvention — the promotional images Evan Blass shared show the same bold, sport-forward aesthetic with the signature orange crown button, now available in at least two colourways based on the leaked images: a green-dialled titanium finish and a blacked-out variant with an orange dial. Both look sharp.

For buyers comparing the Ultra 2 against the Apple Watch Ultra 3 and other premium smartwatches available in India right now, our best smartwatches in India buying guide has the full landscape covered.

India Launch and Pricing: What to Expect

Samsung hasn’t confirmed India pricing yet — that’s what Unpacked on July 22 is for. The original Galaxy Watch Ultra launched in India at ₹99,999. Given the substantial hardware upgrades across battery, chipset, display, and durability, expect the Ultra 2 to land at or above that price point — potentially ₹1,04,999 to ₹1,09,999 for the base variant. Memory cost pressures are a factor for Samsung just as they are for every other brand, but the Watch Ultra line targets buyers who are less price-sensitive than the mass market.

We’ll have full pricing and availability details from Unpacked tomorrow. Follow our Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2026 live coverage at TechnoSports for everything as it’s announced.

Bottom Line

The Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 looks like Samsung’s most complete flagship smartwatch yet. A 35% battery jump inside a thinner body, 5,000 nits of display brightness, IP69K certification, and a Snapdragon Wear Elite chip with on-device AI — all in the same titanium squarcle design that made the original Ultra a standout. If tomorrow’s Unpacked confirms these specs at a competitive price, the Ultra 2 will be one of the most compelling premium smartwatch launches of 2026.

Sources: Engadget | GSMArena | Forbes | Via: Evan Blass / Leakmail