Survey confirms: Galaxy Ultra fans want Samsung to bring the old swagger back

Some people will tell you every modern phone looks like a glass rectangle with camera bumps. You can’t blame them for holding that view in some respects, but a few lineups are supposed to stand apart from the crowd. Samsung Galaxy Ultra phones have long been among those that have carried that torch for Android, with big screens, the S Pen, and a design that should stand out from across the room. But has the Ultra series started to blend in a little too much? We recently made that case, and we wanted to know if you agreed.

We garnered your feelings via a poll in an article by Shimul Sood, who argued that the Galaxy S24 Ultra may be the last true Galaxy Ultra Samsung ever made. Her main point was about identity: the S24 Ultra still had that sharp, boxy, Note-like silhouette that made it instantly recognizable and clearly separate from the regular Galaxy S line. She argued that the newer Galaxy S25 Ultra and Galaxy S26 Ultra have softened the design and made the Ultra feel less like a real standapart model in the series. As she put it, the latest S26 models look “less like siblings, more like triplets that are only different in size.” She also pointed to the loss of Bluetooth features on the S Pen and Samsung’s continued use of a 5,000mAh battery, but her main point is that the Ultra line may no longer feel as ultra as it once did.