As a Galaxy S26 Ultra user, these are my top 3 S27 Ultra wishes

I loved him Galaxy S26 Ultra More than I thought I would. The specifications on paper led me and others to assume that it would be another incremental update that wouldn’t merit my interest, as has been the case for years. Once I bought one, I realized there was a lot to love and that even small changes can make a big difference.

It pains me to say it, but Galaxy S27 rumors They have already begun to arrive slowly, and soon it will be a flood. With that in mind, here are three things I want Samsung to change next year.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra has good cameras… mostly. The 5x main telephoto and ultrawide lens take excellent photos in good lighting. Problems arise when you try to take a photo of a black cat or use the 3x telephoto sensor.

You read that right: the Galaxy S26 Ultra and my Z Fold 7 don’t like my cat, and we just can’t have that, right?

Every time I try to take photos of Fatus Cattus in less than perfect lighting, the phone is completely unable to focus on it and never switches to macro mode when I get closer, as seen above. My Pixel 10 Pro and Razr Fold don’t have this problem, so either there’s something not quite right with Samsung’s approach or the S26 Ultra feels intimidated by such a resounding display of perfection. It could be either, really.

What’s especially frustrating about this is that the macro mode button in Samsung’s camera app isn’t always there; It only appears when it detects that you are close to something, which is not the case here. I have to tap the ultrawide shortcut and take the photo that way, but then the image gets distorted.

The 3x telephoto camera is another weak point. It’s virtually unchanged from the Galaxy S21 Ultra, standing out in stark contrast to the other three sensors that have been significantly updated since 2021.

The S21 Ultra needed the 3x camera. Its periscope telephoto lens was 10X, so having something between that and 1x was a good idea. But Samsung swapped that 10x for 5x with the Galaxy S24 Ultra, and the 3x sensor has been redundant ever since. The 200MP main sensor takes better photos at a 3x crop than the dedicated 3x lens, to the point that the S26 Ultra will often crop the main sensor instead of switching lenses. If the phone itself doesn’t bother with the 3x lens, why should we?

Finally, let’s talk about design. I don’t want all phones to look the same, but I do want them all to have Qi2 magnets. There is more than one reason Samsung has not incorporated magnets into its phones yet, and one It’s the design of the cameras.

As you can see in the image above, my S26 Ultra with Qi2 case doesn’t pair well with many accessories. My Baseus battery bank catches on the corner of the 5x telephoto lens, so every photo taken with that lens ends up being a blurry close-up of the battery bank. More importantly, the phone does not charge properly.

A redesign of Samsung’s cameras would fix this issue and add a much-needed touch to an old design. A horizontal bar like the one on the Pixel would work, or Samsung could just do what I already suggested and remove the useless 3x sensor, moving the 5x to where it currently is. Either way, this is a ridiculous experience and Samsung needs to do something about it.

Everything else about the Galaxy S26 Ultra is still pretty good. I know we’d all love for Samsung to put a larger silicon-carbon battery in the S27 Ultra. However, my The battery life of the S26 Ultra has been very goodI wouldn’t be too disappointed if Samsung didn’t switch to a larger battery. I haven’t been able to drain this battery in the space of a day, no matter how much I throw at it, and the 60W charging also recharges it more than quickly enough.

Everything else about the phone, despite its similarities to older models, is excellent. Performance is top-notch, One UI is still one of the best versions of Android, and the cameras are fantastic, aside from the shortcomings I mentioned above. I know we all want phones to be less boring and to excite us like before, but that’s hard to achieve. Updates used to be interesting because there were still big technological advances to be made. That’s no longer true and that’s okay.

If the Galaxy S27 Ultra is as good as the S26 Ultra in these areas and fixes my camera issues, it will be as perfect as ever.