Tipster claims the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra's battery capacity will be less than 6,000 mAh

12 February 2025
Although it's unclear if that will be Si/C or Li-Ion type.

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Bennis, 13 Feb 2025Nah, don't remove it, what's the point of the Ult... moreSo you suggest that Samsung uses the S Pen as an auxiliary power source. The S Pen is small. A battery inside it will be irrelevant compared to the phone battery. A higher-capacity phone battery will be like about 1,000% more effective.

    MindfreakDenny, 13 Feb 20255500 is absolutely OK. It seems like people expect batterie... moreYes we do. If Realme can do it, then we should expect nothing less from a much more powerful company.

      5500 is absolutely OK. It seems like people expect batteries capacity to grow infinitely.

        IpsDisplay, 13 Feb 2025That's a hard sell Samsung I know will never use b... moreDuring CES Las Vegas, Samsung Electro-Mechanics CEO Chang Duk-hyun confirmed Samsung will be using SSBs on their wearables in 2026. We will see a prototype this year. They're already in talks with clients. Apple is likely one of them and consumers have already been testing them in private.

        You're under the impression this is about mobiles. Samsung is not a mobile company like Oppo or Honor. Samsung is a supplier of energy and electronics. If it were that simple, they would have likely gone full stop on Silicon carbon batteries. This is about the EV market. Wearables and mobiles are a secondary benefit. They're not investing in SSBs so they can win some tech tubers duration comparison. They are trying secure their future.

          It will be 5400 - 5600 mAh, clearly.

            jiyen235, 13 Feb 2025those phones aren't more efficient cus of the dimensit... moreSoftware updates do matter if you want to use the latest features of the newest OS version. Pefromance throttling of the newest updates is now a thing of past. Battery can always be replaced after 4 years. And standby drain does matter a lot which i feel is much lesser in Apple and that isnwhat other OEMs ( especially Samsung ) need to work on. . In the same comparison he measured op13 as well with its 6000 mAH battery on SD 8elite but could not match the battery of the phones that had Dimensity 9400 with same or lesser battery capacity

              Bhaumik Shah, 13 Feb 2025Lets not get personal or emotional here. No one is favourin... morethose phones aren't more efficient cus of the dimensity. They have FHD+ screens. That's helping a bit and then the fact that they have far larger batteries than the S25 Ultra also helps tremendously.

              Look at The Tech Chap's battery drain test. The Magic7 Pro with a 5270 mah battery only lasted 40-45 mins less than the Find X8 Pro which had a 5910 mah battery. Which translates to a 6.58% difference even though the battery difference is 10.8%. Thus the Honor is more efficient here. Both have FHD+ screens and only the chip and battery sizes change. The Vivo's on a different league and my theory is that it's that good because they're juicing the battery up by using the chip's power less, in other words throttling performance/not unleashing it as much, at least there's the performance mode available if someone wants top tier performance and it seems that Vivo's gaming performance is amazing as well judging by Chinese reviewers' tests, matching the iPhone with less heat.

              And yeah, i know that people expect their phones to last long but software updates, at least on mobile devices, have generally nuked performance. So longevity actually suffers with more updates. Better software optimization is good but i'd much rather have great software optimization NOW than in the future, i don't want to purchase a product based on promises. If it's good now due to its hardware and software combination then it'll be good in the future too unless they nuke it with updates. A feature rich UI doesn't mean anything unless it adds a feature you NEED. Even then, you can easily sideload apps on android, i dont really understand the complaints about lack of features on android phones when you have millions of apps/app combinations out there.

              My point is that you were talking about standby drain in the beginning, then changed the topic to software updates for no reason as if that really matters in the long run. Try using a Samsung/Apple phone for more than 4 years. You're gonna lose your sanity unless you're a normie who'd have been ok with using a 200 dollar phone.

                jiyen235, 13 Feb 2025if you've used an iPhone/Samsung phone you'd know... moreLets not get personal or emotional here. No one is favouring any one company here .
                As I mentioned in a seaprate comment, the phones that you are mentioning about have deimensity 9400 processor which genuinely have proven to be better in preserving battery life compared to SD 8 elite.
                And if one is buying such an expensive flagship, many would expect it to last at least 5 to 6 yrs. Thats when a bigger battery, better software optmization and more feature rich UI will be useful . So no point is being overlooked

                So lets keep it civil and even agree to disagree even if you think these points are incorrect.

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                  Anonymous, 12 Feb 2025If you mean remove the S Pen in exchange for additional 500... moreNah, don't remove it, what's the point of the Ultra in the name then?

                  Change it's isides is what I'm saying, since now that it don't have bluethooth anymore it's literally just a basic stylus, fitted to be part of the phone

                  I propose to actually remove the Spen's intenal whatever-it-has-now's and add a battery unit instead, kinda like a external battery, to keep your phone's battery topped up for longer / have some additional battery inside the pen in case the phone's close to dying on you.

                    IcyIcee, 13 Feb 2025It wouldn't be impossible for the S26 Ultra to have a ... moreIt's impossible because they won't do it, not because it can't be done.

                      It wouldn't be impossible for the S26 Ultra to have a 6000 mAh battery, because Samsung already did it with the M35

                        Bhaumik Shah, 13 Feb 2025How many battery tests do we have who can measure Standby B... moreif you've used an iPhone/Samsung phone you'd know that no phone is properly stable. Vivo's and Oppo's phones aren't exceptions to this rule either. They're all instable now, gone are the days of light skins and bug free experiences, UIs are far heavier now and all have bugs/glitches/slowdowns.

                        You're just shifting goalposts at this point so that some company you like doesn't get flamed. The fact of the matter is that for 80-90% of users any UI is fine, it's just a matter of preference as to which UI's look they prefer or the feature set they desire more. Long term updates don't mean anything when battery life gets nuked with updates. You can't replace your battery and fix it, the software's intentionally burning through more stuff after a while, be it Apple or Samsung, long term updates are just a marketing fad and in real life no one either uses the phones or that long or materially benefits from these updates.

                        There are other differentiators that you could've talked about but you're talking about meaningless ones. You're either clueless, an idiot or a malicious guy who selectively forgets about certain factors/selectively ignores certain factors.

                          They should use the successor of Dimensity 9400 as that is the chip which seems to be the most efficient when it comes to battery drain. ( as per the battery tests we see )
                          Anyways computing power has peaked so the experience wont make much difference compared to Snapdragon 8 elite chipsets. It is all about thermal management now.
                          With a 0.1 inch increase in screen size( a width equivalent to that of the S24 ultra ) along with a larger battery ( at least 5800 mAH Si-C ) coupled with a more efficient 10 bit M14 OLED panel and better software optimization should do the trick

                            jiyen235, 12 Feb 2025If The Tech Chap's video is to be used as reference, t... moreHow many battery tests do we have who can measure Standby Battery drain test ? and that is something that cannot be showcased on video. Plus how many users use Oppo / Vivo phones globally compared to One Plus, Samsung, Apple ?
                            Oppo / Vivo phones may be good in that area but still they lag from Software stability and update longevity standpoint. I pointed out the area where Samsung needs to work. ( which is standby battery drain ). Others who are working on that may not be that relevant at the moment

                              Bhaumik Shah, 12 Feb 2025You guys are all overlooking one key aspect of increased ba... moreNonsense. I've never had (Well maybe 12+ years ago, can't remember) such battery drain (that i couldn't fix) with Samsung or Xiaomi (With some phones being at 99% and even 100% after a night of standby). It's usually 1% per 2-3 hours and that hardly makes any difference. And that's with the advanced functionality iOS lacks.

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                                • 13 Feb 2025

                                but it will still bigger than any iphone

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                                  oh i'm sure it will be either 5050mAh or 5100mAh :D

                                    PepperPot, 12 Feb 2025I just noticed they don't know what kind of battery th... moreThat's a hard sell

                                    Samsung I know will never use bleeding edge technology.. SSB no way not from Samsung

                                    They can make profit for doing less and the fans will eat it up

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                                      it's hard to believe Samsung would go another year with Minimal Flagship Improvement...until i remember their history as smartphone makers.

                                        I just noticed they don't know what kind of battery this is. So, it could be a SSB. Samsung confirmed they are commercializing SSBs for their smartwatch next year. It's possible it could be ready for their handsets too.

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