Switching phones is always a gamble. You expect something new, something exciting – maybe even something better. And to be fair, the Galaxy S26 Ultra delivers on that promise in many ways. It is one of the most technically impressive smartphones available today, packing a 6.85-inch 2K LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate, peak brightness reaching up to 2,600 nits, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, which offers roughly a 10–15% performance boost over its predecessor.
But after spending time with it, I found myself in a strange position. The more I appreciated what Samsung had built, the more I started missing my iPhone 17 Pro.
The Privacy Display has got some real trade-offs
The standout feature this year is easily Samsung’s Privacy Display. It uses pixel-level light control to restrict viewing angles, effectively making your screen unreadable from the sides. In theory, it’s brilliant. In
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