[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I got my S26 Ultra last month and its been the best Samsung device I've used by far. Camera quality is great and has potential for professional-like photography, note-taking, and even drawing here and there! Pros: Cameras look great - From the ultra wide 0.6 camera to the telephoto lens, I have gotten a lot of great photos from the camera with minimal issues. And the ability to shoot in RAW formats greatly improves professional photography workflows when a traditional dedicated camera isn't present.
Performance is more than enough - The Snapdragon 8 Elite chip has provided me great power and efficiency, easily lasting a full day and giving me more than enough overhead for anything I could possibly want to do from gaming to photo and video editing.
The S-Pen - Even with the Bluetooth features of older models absent, it still has excellent accuracy and ergonomics for such a small stylus.
Samsung DeX - A great software feature that puts the power of the Snapdragon chip to use in the form of a high-definition reimagining of the android UI that vastly improves productivity and even gaming when in the vicinity of a dock and monitor.
Overall, I would highly recommend this device to anyone whose smartphone is approaching the end of their usable lives for a premium, versatile phone that will last them many years before needing a replacement.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This phone is by far the best one yet! This going to be hard to beat the next go around. What with Galaxy A.I. and the camera and storage I cannot want for more. The A.I. has had myself and my Wife thinking why didn't we have this ages ago. You guys knocked it out of the ballpark this go around.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I like how the galaxy ai can be used for a lot of things and I like how fast and responsive this phone is and I really like the built in privacy screen its really useful
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I've been using Galaxy phones for decades, and this one is the best. The AI is intuitive, easy to get to, and super helpful. The display is awesome, the battery life is great, and I could go on and on. There's just so much you can do.
For folks wondering about the privacy display, you lose no screen quality when you have it on the default mode. It's easy to customize. For example mine is set up to double click the side button, and I can turn the privacy screen on or off. It's super easy.
The camera is great, as always. Takes great pictures and video, and there's more than enough settings for you to play with to dial in the picture that you want to get.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I'm loving my new phone. I use this phone at work to do many things. I'm able to convert hand written papers into Google docs and sheets. I use the AI to help me come up with recipes, pictures, and worksheets. I save things to my Google keep. I use the S pen to take notes during meetings. Personally, I play with pictures. I'm able remove people and things. I'm able to insert my cat into travel pictures. The battery is awesome, too.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] They improvements from the S25 Ultra to the S26 Ultra are great and were definitely needed. Bringing 1TB memory back, better selfie camera, better night pictures, the privacy screen feature as well as the integrated Galaxy AI functions and the ability to airdrop pictures and stuff directly to iPhones is nice too.