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Not saying it's a bad device by any means. I'm still running my Note 20 Ultra and this thing is still a workhorse 6 years later.
Maybe I'm just too much of a phone geek, but the S27 Ultra/Pro next year sounds like it's shaping up to be a far more interesting device compared to any of the phones they released in the last few years.
For people with phones newer than me, I just don't see the point in spending money to upgrade to what is by all accounts basically just the exact same phone they're already holding. Just feels like an unnecessary waste of money to me. They're not bad by any means, just unexciting and predictable.
If it's been a couple of years already, I think it's fine, those incremental updates do add up and a lot of times, Samsung gives pretty good trade in bonuses depending where you live. I wasn't planning on upgrading from a Fold 3 to a Fold 6 but after pre-order discounts, trade in bonuses and bundle deals, I basically got a new phone for only 30% the full price of the device.
My guess is its a year more people decided to finally upgrade? I know my phone is now 4 years old and I wanted to get one, but due to financial reasons I am trying to stick it out another year. I just hope I make it since earlier this year or late last year my sceeen went dead and I thought I was screwed... I decided to drop it and shockingly it worked! Fingerprint sensor went dead as well at the same time but once i rebooted it came back as well so it must be a loose cable connection. Its been fine ever since, but I do feel like im on borrowed time.
After reading this I googled it and what I read didn't sound super exciting. Just the regular spec bump and I'm skeptical of the reported RAM increase. Wouldn't be surprised if they cut RAM like everybody else. So unless you want a Ultra level model in a base level enclosure, I don't see what the "far more interesting device" is.
I could get somewhat excited if someone made a Xperia Play type phone with a full FEX-enabled Steam client.
I'm sure all of it could be in flux because of the cost issues right now, but DDR6 RAM, UFS 5.0, the new Snapdragon model on a more efficient node, rumors of finally increasing battery capacity, finally upgrading at least some of the camera hardware, and actual mag safe support at least is a more exciting list of changes and some nice future proofing bumps than "here's the same phone again with more AI". If even half of these make it in it'll still be a mode interesting phone than the last few years