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S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

Brooklin — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:58:52 GMT

I'll admit real world testing may prove differently it always does.... don't look at me. I couldn't afford this if I wanted it 😅

But based purely on states this upgrade is kinda wack?

Re: S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

Piper123 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:13:52 GMT

What do you mean?

Kinda wack?

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Brooklin — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 13:15:22 GMT

Battery life is said to be the same. And wack means bad or terrible LOL

Re: S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

Star_girl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMT

The S24U is faster than the S25 Ultra, which is faster, and the battery life is better managed. I expect the S26 to be better, similar to how the S25 Ultra is for the S24 Ultra, so I think it's better as a whole, although similar in some aspects.

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JAMES4578 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:14:13 GMT

Actually I think the Battery may well be more efficient, only be marginal difference mind you. Certainly only really an incremental upgrade for S25 Ultra users ,even if some features would be useful.

Re: S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

StealthXp — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 14:48:21 GMT

I'm not upgrading, they improved the camera to add in more light, better processor and faster charging, everything else was talked about Ai which I don't care about especially when I can't get my computer parts. The battery will be the same, it's just faster charging but from 25w to 45w, I felt nothing different.

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Brooklin — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:04:58 GMT

I think most if not all AI back track unless it's hardware related

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JAMES4578 — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:24:24 GMT

Yes think the vast majority of AI will track back.

Re: Re: S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

MoreiraNote — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:10:49 GMT

There are some gremlins in this answer. S24 Ultra is not faster than S25 Ultra.

Re: Re: Re: S26 Ultra compared to S25 Ultra

Star_girl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:17:12 GMT

When they were on different UI the difference was palpable, after they got the same UI they became similar, I have disabled animations on S24 Ultra from Developer Options too, while for S25 Ultra I tried but it just didn't feel good. Now both phones kind of feel like they have the same speed. I like my phone to be very responsive, so I know when a phone is faster than another phone. I own both.

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MoreiraNote — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:19:39 GMT

That is just about the animations. You should actually test it with something that requires the phone to work.

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Star_girl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:25:19 GMT

Well I don't play games, for me it needs to be fast over all and how fast the apps load and respond, how fast is the internet, how fast is procecces the tasks I give it. I also don't like it when the phone is prone to overheating. If the system lags, I am just going to look for something faster.

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Joeeye — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:50:52 GMT

Well besides the fact the S24 was atrocious when it came to gaming on launch, the sheer number of game crashes was astounding. Never had that issue with the S25 Ultra though. Performance is also palpable if you know where to look, but overall general use no different from several generations ago, so this argument is just true for all latest generation. It's really just the case of hardware outpacing software, as usual.

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MoreiraNote — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:27:08 GMT

E.g., cut/trim some video on both phones and see which finishes first.

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Star_girl — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 20:14:43 GMT

S25 Ultra in my experience does all camera editing at a faster pace. S24 Ultra camera editing features are brilliant and almost the same like S25 Ultra but it's a bit slower to finish a job like that.