r/SamsungGalaxyS26U

Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600) owners — how has it been after 2–3 months?
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy S26 (12GB/256GB) with the Exynos 2600 for $700.
I already have an iPhone as my main phone, but I wanted a compact Android device, and the S26 seemed like the best option.
I’ve seen mixed opinions about the Exynos chip, so I’d love to hear from people who have actually used this phone for 2–3 months.
A few questions:
How is the battery life after a few months?
Any heating or throttling issues?
Is the performance smooth for everyday use?
How does it handle gaming (if you play)?
Have you experienced any bugs or connectivity issues?
Would you buy it again?
Also, do you think $700 for the 12GB/256GB model was a good deal?
I’m looking for real long-term user experiences, not benchmark comparisons. Any honest reviews or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

was having fun looking up which stadiums in the us are hosting world cup matches this summer and landed on this aerial shot of the atlanta one, mercedes-benz stadium. so dope. the retractable panel roof thing makes it look like a camera aperture from above, didn't realize it looked like that until this angle

didn't even save the image first, just selected it with ai select right there in the browser and hit set as wallpaper. couple seconds and it was just on my lock screen

lock screen clock auto adjusted to a lighter color to actually stay readable against the dark stadium shot instead of me having to go dig through settings for that myself, small thing but i noticed it right away

anyone else stumble into a good wallpaper doing something completely unrelated like this, or is it usually more intentional for most people

Note 10+ just hit different...

i made a post in this subreddit asking if anyone knew of any deals that were coming up but i decided to bite the bullet and pay full price for it that day. paid for next day air and just my luck, today is the expected delivery day and i still haven’t received shipping information. there’s no way it’s coming today is there? customer service isn’t very helpful either…they told me they’re still waiting to “capture the payment” which is weird because they took the money out of my account as soon as I made the purchase. has this happened to anyone before?

edit: i just gave them another call and they told me it’s an availability issue and they put in a request for a refund. i don’t know why the first representative told me it was an issue with payment processing and i couldn’t request a refund for shipping until 07/02…i hate when customer support gives completely different answers to the same question.

update: called a third time this evening (i’m very persistent) i was told that it’s not a payment issue, as my payment already went through or an availability issue for the phone itself, it’s an availability issue to the 45W charger i got, which i knew would be delayed anyways, the estimated delivery date said from the jump that it was 08/01. the phone is available…it just hasn’t been handed to USPS yet. rep told me he escalated the issue and i should get an email within the next 24-48 hours with tracking info but the phone will be delivered either tomorrow (07/02) or the following day (07/03) although the shop app no longer shows an estimated delivery date. seems like the first two customer service reps didn’t know what they were talking about…

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Hello. I dropped my phone 3 days ago, and I noticed clicking sound when zooming from 1x to 2, 3x and 5x? Can you check on your device do you hear the same?

Hey everyone!

I shot this 4K video on the Galaxy S26 Ultra using the APV codec and Open Gate mode in the Blackmagic Camera app.

I was really impressed with how much flexibility the footage has for color grading and reframing. I'd love to hear your thoughts and any feedback on the video.

If you'd like to see more photos and videos, feel free to check out my Instagram.

instagram.com/justin_dailylife

Thanks!

Hello all, today i noticed i got this finder icon at the side of the screen, when i click on it it opens the finder, also if i disable "show finder on homescreen" in settings it goes away but that also removes the finder button at the bottom middle. Till Yesterday i didnt have this (i iust had the finder button in the middle but not on the side of the screen)

would appreciate any help, thanks in advance!

Im on Oneui 8.5 - S26U

I'm impressed