Samsung S26 Series

I got my S26 Ultra on Friday and decided this evening was the time to port everything over from my S22 Ultra.

The battery on the S22 Ultra wasn't lasting at all. I took the S22 Ultra out of the Otterbox Defender case that it's been in for about two years without ever being removed and the back of the phone is completely lifted away from the phone itself.

The battery is bulging out. It seems like the Otterbox case was the only thing holding it all together.

My problem is I have agreed to trade this phone in with Samsung and said it was undamaged so I really don't think they are going to accept it now.

Small update for the Ultras out, if not the others, last night.

You just get the email. I got it for buds last week and i Have it for phone today. Supply your own packaging

Ah ok it's a few years since I used this but they always used to send out one of those plastic packages to return the phone. Should have read the email ha

Is the 15% discount still available?

I've tried it and just get "null" or "copy" and not an actual code.

If anyone can get a code, I'd appreciate a PM. Thanks!

Using the 26U since Friday, coming from an S25+. Couple of things I've noticed so far:

• The S26U screen is definitely… different. The S25+ was cooler in colour tone and sharper whereas the S26U is much warmer and smoother - can look at initial glance as if the S26U is blurry side-by-side with the S25+ but so far using it for a few hours the screen is phenomenal.
  • Possibly a One UI 8.5 thing as the overall colour scheme is very different to the point it's not just how the screen renders them.
• Privacy screen is a bit of a gimmick. Have it on for banking apps and PINs but to be honest not bothered by it.
• It's not as good as maintaining a usable data signal in fringe areas as the S25+ was, but I suspect that could be as it seems to cling for dear life to borderline 5G whereas the S25+ was more willing to drop down to 4G which would maintain usable data for streaming. Possibly just needs a bit of tweaking - hopefully, because the S25+ was phenomenal in fringe areas compared to a lot of other phones out there.
• Speakers are very good. S25+ was more on the tinny side when on the louder side but the S26U has more bass even at high volume.
• The camera hump makes it ridiculously rocky when on a table and a lot of cases don't sit flat either so be careful if case shopping!
• Few bugs with apps - PTSB, Sleep Cycle, not suggesting saved passwords - and notifications not popping up when locked. Update this morning seems to have resolved most of these.
• Battery life is excellent but setting it up as a fresh install probably helping that somewhat.
• Photos seem much better than the S25+ which was fairly mediocre and riddled with god-awful optimisation.

Is it my imagination, or has the 256GB already dropped in price on Samsung

Ah grand. Thanks for confirming, thought I was seeing things!

I bought the S26 Ultra from Samsung via Humm today. The Humm side has gone through but never received a confirmation email from Samsung and now can see 512GB is out of stock on their site. Contacted CS but no luck yet.

I am thinking could I also order it from Vodafone on bill pay to cover my back and return either of them (once I dont open it) if I end up getting 2 devices. Is that possible/free to do?