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Title: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: Redaktion on April 13, 2026, 17:46:05
The fact that a Galaxy S26 Plus was not actually planned for the 2026 lineup is evident in many aspects of the Samsung phone. Is the affordable flagship phone still a good choice in the upper class, thanks to the new Exynos 2600? We answer this question in our test report.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Will-the-Exynos-2600-save-the-unwanted-flagship-Samsung-Galaxy-S26-review.1272005.0.html
Title: Re: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: Worgarthe on April 14, 2026, 14:44:32
1249€ for a useless PHONE or 1100€ for a laptop like an M5 Air (with more RAM and double the storage) that can do everything the PHONE can and more (sans camera, obviously) including making you money as you can use it as a productivity tool? Choices, choices... not.
Title: Re: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: just get a MacBook Air :D on April 14, 2026, 15:13:09
Quote from: Worgarthe on April 14, 2026, 14:44:321249€ for a useless PHONE or 1100€ for a laptop like an M5 Air (with more RAM and double the storage) that can do everything the PHONE can and more (sans camera, obviously) including making you money as you can use it as a productivity tool? Choices, choices... not.
Good point, just get a MacBook Air :D (the latest and greatest 2026 M5, that is, of course)
Title: Re: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: MrPotatoHead on April 16, 2026, 15:53:22
Quote from: Worgarthe on April 14, 2026, 14:44:321249€ for a useless PHONE or 1100€ for a laptop like an M5 Air (with more RAM and double the storage) that can do everything the PHONE can and more (sans camera, obviously) including making you money as you can use it as a productivity tool? Choices, choices... not.

Let's see you try and cram an entire MacBook in 200 grams.
Title: Re: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: Can't make this up on April 16, 2026, 18:39:55
It's a game for these companies:

wccftech.com/apple-all-set-to-consume-2-4-exabytes-of-lpddr5-memory-this-year-even-as-dram-costs-explode/

We've apple taking all the available memory left after AI companies and sabotaging the rest of the market. Then we've the leadership at Samsung who are happy to oblige them as long as long as apple and the rest pay are paying 100% more or double the usual price toll tax.

Samsung does not care about the pricing of the their galaxy line up at all. The executives there are too busy laughing themselves to the bank.

Reading the news day by day, just keeps getting more depressing. Time to join a social activist movement or something to get govt & politicians to regulate all this sheet.
Title: Re: Will the Exynos 2600 save the unwanted flagship? - Samsung Galaxy S26+ review
Post by: Worgarthe on April 16, 2026, 18:41:41
Quote from: MrPotatoHead on April 16, 2026, 15:53:22
Quote from: Worgarthe on April 14, 2026, 14:44:321249€ for a useless PHONE or 1100€ for a laptop like an M5 Air (with more RAM and double the storage) that can do everything the PHONE can and more (sans camera, obviously) including making you money as you can use it as a productivity tool? Choices, choices... not.

Let's see you try and cram an entire MacBook in 200 grams.
Let's see you shitpost on Reddit or watch YT videos faster on a 200 grams 1249€ phone instead of a 200-300€ 200 grams one (and have an M5 Air along with that for the same total cost of this phone here).