I'm not impressed by the Galaxy S26

[dortyboy]

Is it just me or others feel the same? I am not impressed by s26. Not a a little bit 

[meself]

What where you expecting to change or what are you not liking

[dortyboy]

First let's talk about battery. With all these extra improvements im sure this is gonna be a drain on battery life. Samsung has claimed battery improvement every year but thats never the case.
In all honesty there is nothing about it that wows me

[meself]

agree battery could be improved the launch isn't too far off can compare better than

[dortyboy]

Plus every other improvement is just minimal. But my biggest issue is battery. With all these AI functions that drain battery usage. This new s26 i feel is gonna drain battery even more than s25

[meself]

Personally I dont use Ai but it does cause battery drain over time when used

[dortyboy]

Unfortunately I do. I mean its sold as an AI phone.

[meself]

True but can limit ai

[dortyboy]

Maybe ill see what's up with the foldable.

[Tom6068]

@dortyboy I do not see it being more of a battery drain tbh. Battery usage by any process or app is going to be what it is, in that the process must have to work. AI (which does not exist & is aka as LLMs) does eat up power, but apps can also be optimized. One area where Samsung shines is the various way power usage optimizations can be implemented natively and especially through the Good Guardians app. I keep my themes and overall screen graphics free with a black background using contrasting colors for easy seeing/reading. But that is me. Having all of my app running at least in "Optimized" mode in power usage, I get very good battery usage, easily two days between charging. Adaptive battery enabled is also a big plus.