It's a great phone overall, but the feel and functionality of the S Pen is significantly downgraded from the glory days of the Note series through the S23 Ultra.
The flat screen is a welcome change over the curved-edge of pre-24, but the tiny, slick, flimsy, dumbed-down S Pen offsets the feeling of an "upgrade". Not a fan of the radiused corners either, but can see why others may prefer it.
By Samsung, March 20, 2026
Hello there, thank you for sharing your thoughts about your Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra with us. We know upgrading to a new device can mean learning completely new or redesigned features and realignment of settings to your preferences. We have an article to help you with the S Pen features that have been changed to help you get the full functionality with this accessory. This article is titled "Use the S Pen with Galaxy S26 Ultra". We also have the complete manual and our team of experts available online to help you discover completely new features you may want to integrate in to your usage like the new Privacy Display or Galaxy AI. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth
It's a good product, unfortunately at times I notice the same problems I've always had with apps and the OS are still prevalent. I really don't have a benchmark to see how blazingly fast it may be, but I've never noticed a slow down hardware wise. Can't wait to really test out the camera.