Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra receives criticism for tons of bloatware

[Redaktion]

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra will not officially be delivered until Wednesday. The first customers have already received the brand-new flagship, only to discover that Samsung is shipping the device with masses of bloatware.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-Ultra-receives-criticism-for-tons-of-bloatware.1246056.0.html

[Allan Wind]

In the fragment "17 GB of memory" consider changing "memory" to "storage" for consistency with how Samsung specifies the various models.

It's a permanent security risk.  It's also a shady practice, where they on a 256 GB model just short changed you 17 / 256 = 7% on storage.  It may force a customer into the model with storage than they otherwise need.  For context, there is is currently $200 difference on in price between the S26 Ultra 256 GB and the S26 Ultra 512 GB.

I really hope someone successfully sues Samsung over this, and that customers looks elsewhere for a flagship phone.

[TheWerewolf]

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra receives criticism for tons of bloatware

I mean, they have to justify the insane price somehow, right?

[Enrico Frahn]

It's a permanent security risk.

It's not. Almost all third-party apps listed in the article can be uninstalled, the rest can be disabled. This takes a few seconds.