[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Galaxy AI is a really nice new feature. The reduced battery consumption of the new chip is significantly better than the S24 Ultra. Very happy with the AI, processor improvements, and better battery life!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This phone is best for everything I do on a daily basis I would drop another 1300 this phone is worh the price .
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Love how they have 60 watt fast charging and 25 wireless beem able to keep phone charged and love the privacy screen
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Samsung 26 Ultra is by far the BEST. I buy a new Ultra every year when they are released. The camera and clarity is phenomenal! You really can zoom in across the street and your photo looks as is it was a few feet away. Galaxy AI simplifies my daily life tasks and makes life easier with photo assist. The S26 has a feature called Nudge that can suggest photos ans actions based on your conversations. I just learned that it identifies PDF documents for quick PDF saving. I could go on and on. This phone is simply state of the art in technology for a mobile device. Get you one and find out!
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The phone is just okay. It's loaded with a bunch of Galaxy AI features most people won't care about or even want.
The privacy display is a cool feature in theory, but that's where it ends. In reality the privacy display just dims the screen and makes it a little darker when viewed from an angle, but it is still easily viewable and readable. Hopefully Samsung will improve the privacy display if they continue to use it on future models.
The material the phone is made of is also subpar. Just from trying on 2 different cases there is a spot on my phone where the colour has been rubbed off.
It's a shame Samsung chose to spend so much time pushing features nobody wants, while completely neglecting any development or improvement of hardware and features their customers have been asking for for years now.
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Response from Samsung USBy R&R Team, March 30, 2026
Hello Aurelius, we appreciate you taking time out of your day to share your experience of your Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra with us. We completely understand how disappointing it can be when your device is not meeting your expectations. We have provided a link to the complete manual for your device to help you adjust the settings to maximize the new Privacy Display, and potentially only enable for specific apps to help you also have the brightness you may be seeking at other times. We have also provided a link to the Samsung Support Team to assist you with the hardware frustrations you mention experiencing with your device. We appreciate you being a Samsung customer. -Elizabeth Product Manuals https://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/ Samsung Support smsng.us/Samsung-Support Samsung Community smsng.us/Samsung-Community Facebook smsng.us/Facebook-Messenger X https://smsng.us/X-Messages