Samsung S26 Ultra/S26/S26 Plus

[aggie99]

I'm a fan of this new look especially if it means no more wobble. I use my devices case-free.

Too bad we'll have to wait until February '27 to know about the S27 Pro. It'll be difficult to resist upgrading to the Pixel 11 or iPhone 18 Pro during that wait. Waiting for all three to be out would lead to the best decision...

Wobble never really bothers me as I don't use my phone much while it is laying flat but the camera array has long been a pain. Hard to use a portable magnetic charger with it. As good as the battery is, I still like to have a portable charger on long days when I'm away from an outlet such as last weekend when we were at Universal in Florida. We stayed at the park open to close. Crowded so I'm sure the towers were stressed and it was taking a beating while inside buildings trying to maintain signal. Battery was at about 12% when we got back to the car.

 

[bsoon2]

Wobble never really bothers me as I don't use my phone much while it is laying flat but the camera array has long been a pain. Hard to use a portable magnetic charger with it. As good as the battery is, I still like to have a portable charger on long days when I'm away from an outlet such as last weekend when we were at Universal in Florida. We stayed at the park open to close. Crowded so I'm sure the towers were stressed and it was taking a beating while inside buildings trying to maintain signal. Battery was at about 12% when we got back to the car.

Wow, still pretty great that it lasted the entire day.

Agree, another benefit of the new camera array would be for magnetic charging and accessories.

 

[yui4]

One ui 9.0 beta is open for registration

 

[maka344]

One ui 9.0 beta is open for registration

Not sure how stable it will be as a daily driver...

 

[robvalentine]

Not sure how table it will be as a daily driver...

Will it still hold your drink though?

((sorry couldn't resist))

 

[jamezr]

One ui 9.0 beta is open for registration

Installed it yesterday! So far so good no hiccups yet. Very smooth....

 

[yui4]

Installed it yesterday! So far so good no hiccups yet. Very smooth....

Assume good lock won't be compatible yet?

 

[jamezr]

Assume good lock won't be compatible yet?

good lock doesn't fully work on any of the betas

 

[robvalentine]

May update is out in the uk

 

[samven582]

just returned mine. Camera dust

 

[ToddH]

just returned mine. Camera dust

Are you getting another one in return? I purchased 3 or 4 of them at best Buy due to camera quality issues before getting perfectly Good cameras,/optics. This is normally the reason why I don't ever buy cell phones on or near release date. I usually wait several months for the quality control to improve before getting one. That's exactly what I did with my iphone, i waited three months before purchasing.

 

[jamezr]

just returned mine. Camera dust

wow...looking at your post history...you have worst dust luck ever!
You returned or reported dust issues with all the below....
You must be the dust magnet! 🙂
Galaxy s26 Ultra
Galaxy S25 Ultra
2 Pixel 10 Pro XLs
Pixel 9 Pro
2 14 inch Macbook pros
16 inch Macbook pro
iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 15 pro
iPhone 14 Pro
I stopped looking at this point....

 

[robvalentine]

wow...looking at your post history...you have worst dust luck ever!
You returned or reported dust issues with all the below....
You must be the dust magnet! 🙂
Galaxy s26 Ultra
Galaxy S25 Ultra
2 Pixel 10 Pro XLs
Pixel 9 Pro
2 14 inch Macbook pros
16 inch Macbook pro
iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 15 pro
iPhone 14 Pro
I stopped looking at this point....

I think he owns an electron microscope

 

[MarkX]

wow...looking at your post history...you have worst dust luck ever!
You returned or reported dust issues with all the below....
You must be the dust magnet! 🙂
Galaxy s26 Ultra
Galaxy S25 Ultra
2 Pixel 10 Pro XLs
Pixel 9 Pro
2 14 inch Macbook pros
16 inch Macbook pro
iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 15 pro
iPhone 14 Pro
I stopped looking at this point....

Have owned every single phone mentioned in that list and never returned 1!

I'm not one who overly inspects their phone to the n-th degree though.

I think I've only ever returned one device ever, I forget which phone it was exactly, think it was the Galaxy S4 for randomly shutting down and rebooting.

 

[Steve Adams]

I have zero issues with any of my phones. I am bored with the samsung however. It's not speaking to me. My pixel 8 pro is my go to. If I added a launcher and stuff to the 26 ultra I may change my mind, but it's my work device and samsung want's me to stay stock with it to showcase them. There's nothing wrong, but just "boring".

 

[Harthag]

wow...looking at your post history...you have worst dust luck ever!
You returned or reported dust issues with all the below....
You must be the dust magnet! 🙂
Galaxy s26 Ultra
Galaxy S25 Ultra
2 Pixel 10 Pro XLs
Pixel 9 Pro
2 14 inch Macbook pros
16 inch Macbook pro
iPhone 16 Pro
iPhone 15 pro
iPhone 14 Pro
I stopped looking at this point....

I looked out of sheer curiosity. This goes all the way back to 2009 and iPhone 3G! That has got to be the worst tech luck I've ever seen.

 

[SteveJUAE]

I looked out of sheer curiosity. This goes all the way back to 2009 and iPhone 3G! That has got to be the worst tech luck I've ever seen.

There was one chap on the 12" Macbook thread back in 2015 who had returned 19 of them in the return window, probably his brother LOL

 

[Bkdodger]

S27 coming up with some good upgrades including this 3 pack

 

[yui4]

July update now available (in the UK atleast)

 

[MarkX]

July update now available (in the UK atleast)

Got it last night with the One Ui 9 Beta 4 release