This is my next phone.
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, ₹1,44,999.
The camera I trust at a wedding, the battery I trust at a festival, and seven years of updates.”
The zoom is genuinely magic
Kids on stage, birds on wires, menus across the room — the telephoto gets shots my old phones simply couldn’t.
Seven years of software
This is a phone I can hand down twice and it’ll still be patched. That changes the maths on the price completely.
It does everything well
Best display I’ve used, two-day battery if I’m gentle, and the S Pen is a sleeper hit for signing PDFs.
iPhone 17 — if you’re already in the Apple pool — it’s the best value iPhone in years.
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