[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I did the annual uograde from the 25 ultra. I thought it would be a meh upgrade but I was wrong. The privacy screen is worth it alone. But what else nobody has mentioned is that with galaxyAI samsung has done what Google promised to do almost ten years ago: they erased a fence. I had a picture of a jaguar i took at the zoo. I told the phone to get rid of the netting between me and the cat and voila! It as gone. So cool. The new camera island is not great. I wish it were horizontal because it protrudes so much the phone is basically useless lying on a table. Even with a case.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Overall this is an amazing phone and the AI features are both amazing and accurate, it responds very well and have many tips and tricks to play around with the configurations and have the phone do things that seemed not realistic as always great quality in the display and the privacy screen is one of my favorite parts and I know people complain about it talking about it looks pixeled but let's be honest the privacy screen protector does the exact same thing so to me that is just right there are 2 things that I noticed that are interesting and almost flaws to me but not really a deal breaker the first one is how much the cameras come out from the phone body giving it an unbalance feeling and even with a case your camera lens are the first to touch surfaces so I am worried that this is going to cause scratches if not careful the second one is the S pen placement and shape as it is actually in the corner and it comes out the phone it self again even in a case it seems like is really easy to hit it and push it to unlock the pen even inside your pocket so I am worried that I am going to loose it at any given time so be careful any other than that I love the phone as always great job Samsung
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I really like the Galaxy S26 Ultra. The phone is very smooth, fast, and the display looks amazing. The camera quality is excellent and captures very clear photos. Galaxy AI features are very useful and make everyday tasks easier. The battery lasts a long time and the design feels premium. Overall, it is a great phone for daily use, gaming, and entertainment.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Day 2 and everything looks good, it looked a bit faster than my old s25u. There aren't that many other major change apart privacy and AI
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I have been using Galaxy phones since the Galaxy 3. This one by far is the best in the family with key features like the built in privacy screen, Galaxy AI, speed and overall feel of the phone.
I honestly could not be happy with my purchase and from my perspective, it is clearly the best phone on the market at this time of my review.
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I know the upgrade from the S24 Ultra isn't worth it, but I love the design, and it's lighter. Holding the phone feels very comfortabe compared to the S24 Ultra. And this time I went for the 1TB for the extra storage and RAM upgrade. And the cobalt violet color is the type of color phone I want instead of standard black or white colors. The Galaxy AI feature in the S26 Ultra is very neat. It helped me with my sleep record when I forget to put on my Galaxy Watch before bed. I hardly use AI stuff in general, but Galaxy AI is starting to make things easier over time as I am getting old.
People are upset that there isn't built-in magnet into the phones. But I understand why they didn't approach it since it can cause problems for the S pen even though it doesn't have the Bluetooth feature anymore. I didn't even use the S pen that much when I had the S24 Ultra. Maybe they can figure out a way to have both the Bluetooth S pen and magnet eventually.
One UI 8.5 is amazing. I am loving the feature of customizing loads to fit my personally and interests. I hope there will be more in One UI 9. That is also another reason I got the S26 Ultra. I wanted to close to the latest OS of the phone without waiting a month or 2 for older devices to get theirs, since I do a lot of customizing even when I thought I would be done, there would be more things I found out.