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 

[DJRich]

While using a ZF6, I'd say users must learn how to measure their battery consumption. Between automation, notification and constant updating of apps, the battery can be drained on any phone. Newer phones process data faster, same as pictures, so backup and sync to cloud must be monitored and/or configured properly. Ex. You take a large video, and the gallery folders are all synchronizing to the cloud, therefore no matter being on wifi or cell, the process will drain your battery. One must choose which folders are important. The battery must be calibrated properly, letting it charge fully, then letting it get to at least 15% before charging it again. Uninstall all apps not being used, there are tons of them preloaded, plus a lot with download, use once and never again... But their services keep running in the background. Another thing is that, the native apps work much better with the hardware, use Samsung apps for most tasks (Ex. Calendar, Notes, Phone, etc). Except for Messages (which I replaced with Google Messages), all other apps are optimized for battery use. Some wifi connections are 'dangerous' to battery consumption (ex. Planet Fitness free wifi, when connected, for some reason the Intelligent WiFi, and the Network Protection will 'eat a chunk' of the battery) so sometimes I rather let the cell signal work, instead of feeding from any wifi source. There are many other configuration items to mention, but I hope these help you with the S25 as well as the S26.

[CEParsons]

The S26 series has not yet been released. All currently available information, credible or not, should be considered rumor rather than fact until the unpacked event on the 25th.

[dortyboy]

Usually by now all information is pretty much on the money 💰

[Chuck73]

To be honest I have an S23 Ultra and a Galaxy Watch 5 Pro and have been Samsung only since the iPhone 5. That being said, I've been soooo disappointed with both. I am in love with Galaxy browser and elimination of ads but I'm ready to scream every 3 times I open the camera and it fails along with terrible quality photos. I've had it in to be inspected 5 times and nothing is ever fixed. I switch to a selfie and it fails. The watch microphone wouldn't work for a good long time until they finally fixed it, the battery doesn't get through more than 24 hours on a charge, does not always track my sleep for some reason and had a hard time keeping my number sync and locks me out with my pin lock every **bleep** 10 seconds. Now, I need to decide if it's a fluke, because I need either a Galaxy book or S10 tab with keyboard cover to get some productivity done or do I thank the whole thing and go with Apple for the whole shebang? What's everybody else's experience?

[dortyboy]

Sounds like you definitely need an upgrade to the s26 and galaxy watch 8

[nullandvoid]

Have you considered that even if the battery is the same size as previous phones, that it was a) either optimized for potientially more extensive usage or b) the new features were optimized to not be so much of a drain?

This obsession with battery life is ridiculous. If you phone gets you through a working day, big deal if you have to give it a charge boost at dinner time. You should charge your phone every night anyway and not expect it to last days.

No one wants their battery dead in less than 8 hours, but 18-20 hours of normal use should be expected. Batteries have a finite uptime, but fear of a depleted battery should not prevent you from using a phone as you need to. Portable chargers and power banks make the worry unnecessary anyway.

In the early days of cell phones (dumb phones), the batteries had tremendous physical size, but couldn't even keep the do nothing phones powered for more than 5 hours in standby. If you actually used the phone for anything, that time went down significantly. We've come a long way.

[Tom6068]

 @nullandvoid If a larger battery meant two days of usage between charging cycles even with heavier usage, that is less wear on the battery and means a longer lasting battery capacity. Using and carrying portable chargers/phone banks means more cost as well as needing to carry more related items unnecessarily. Samsung still uses Li-On batteries where Na-ion batteries are denser, charge and maintain capacity better in the cold/heat conditions and they are cheaper and definitely more sustainable.  If Samsung's battery capacity works well for them (it does great for me), then that is good, but we should not be telling people that it is ridiculous for wanting larger battery capacity for longer usage between charging cycles.

[nullandvoid]

Today's batteries are optimized for the usage the phone is expected to get.  Today's apps are optimized not be a big drain on the battery.  Battery power is finite.  When you use it, it depletes - that's physics.  

I don't have a problem charging every night while I sleep - as a matter of fact, having a battery last more than 24 hours makes me more likely to forget to charge it.  As long as my phone gets me through the day with my usage level, it's fine with me.  To make larger capacity batteries, they would have to go back to a heavier, thicker battery, just like the old days - and no one wants to carry around a thick, heavy phone. Many people, presumably, also go to work, so they can keep a charger at their desks. If they have traveling jobs, well, there are car chargers available to make sure the battery is not depleted when they need it.  They make these adjunct devices for precisely the reason that people buy them because they would prefer not to be caught short.  No one is saying one has to carry one around at all times, but if one knows they are going to be away from a charger for an extended period of time (long trips come to mind. When was the last time *you* found a vacant outlet at an airport? ), it's best to carry one. 

Phones are made to be used.  To spend $$$$ for a phone with features that you are afraid to use is ridiculous.  To have to turn off some of the very features one buys the phone for is even more ridiculous (it also interferes with the adaptive functions of the battery, as it learns the wrong usage patterns).  One should have a very good idea about how long their battery will stay charged within a month of using the phone normally, so they can plan accordingly.  Assuming that a new battery on a new phone (that hasn't even been introduced yet), won't live up to the task is just an exercise in speculation and self-defeating.

[qwerttuiip]

This is kinda funny, same complaints over on the iPhone side of things.. Some complain there's to many updates. I guess it's a **bleep** shoot on both sides.