Galaxy S27 Ultra leaks keep piling up, and one of the most exciting ones suggests we may finally be getting a change on the battery front. I won't lie: the thought of a flagship Samsung phone with a 7,000mAh battery sounds better than great.
But if you recall, the leak also claimed this capacity might only be achieved by removing the S Pen. Now, that's a change I didn't expect people to welcome, but according to many of you, the trade-off is totally worth it.
Some would ditch the S Pen in a heartbeat to get a 7,000mAh battery
My question, your voice. | Image by PhoneArena
A week ago, I asked how you would react if Samsung equipped the next-gen flagship with a 7,000mAh battery and removed the S Pen. Out of all respondents, a surprising 38.2% said the trade-off is genuinely worth it.
This response delivers two loud and clear messages. First off, the Galaxy S27 Ultra is clearly in dire need of a battery upgrade. I get it perfectly: ever since the Galaxy S20 Ultra debuted with a 5,000mAh battery, Samsung has practically been standing still.
I would understand sticking to this setup for another year if there weren't already devices like the Honor Win Turbo, which pack more than twice the battery capacity. But alas, 10,000mAh cells can already be tucked into small smartphone bodies, and Samsung's 5,000mAh is quickly becoming not just obsolete but downright laughable.
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Secondly, the response shows that for roughly four out of 10 respondents, the S Pen is no longer a definitive and integral part of the Galaxy S Ultra experience.
But then, an even larger group of people wants the best of both worlds.
Samsung removes the S Pen to fit a 7,000mAh battery. What's your reaction?
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Most want both
And I think users are right to want it. | Image by PhoneArena
The most popular response, with 40.45% of all poll participants backing it, clearly shows that Samsung needs to find a way to give users both.
Given that some Chinese OEMs have already found a way to give users devices that actually make it a few days off the charger, why shouldn't Samsung, an established tech giant, find a way to keep the S Pen and make this much-awaited battery upgrade?
That Honor Win Turbo, by the way, isn't just packing a 10,000mAh battery. Somehow, Honor has achieved a remarkably thin profile of 7.98 mm thick and kept the weight to a manageable 216 g.
If Honor can pull this off, surely Samsung can find a way to give the Galaxy S27 Ultra both an S Pen and a much larger battery.
I didn't expect many respondents to say the S Pen is a must, but I was wrong. In fact, it became the third most popular response. Clearly, for those of you, the S Pen and its special features matter much more than giving the phone a bigger battery.
While I personally wouldn't agree with this response 100%, I understand the logic behind it.
Even if Samsung goes through with the larger battery capacity, battery life will ultimately depend on chip efficiency, software optimization, and other factors. Should Samsung fail to get those factors right, we could easily end up with nothing more than a spec gimmick rather than an actually useful battery upgrade.
Not everyone is excited about all that
Then again, about 5.43% of respondents simply don't care. It's unclear whether these users use a different brand, don't believe Samsung would actually go through with the change, don't trust the leak, or purely don't care about such hardware changes.
A further smaller group of around 4.3% says that 7,000mAh is overkill. Honestly, I understand this position. If 5,000mAh gets them through the day just fine, why would they want a bigger battery in the first place?
The S Pen must be kept
The Galaxy S27 Ultra shouldn't lose its identity. | Image by PhoneArena
If you ask my opinion, the S Pen must stay, even if many are using it only occasionally. To me, it's one of the most special things about the Galaxy S Ultra. Without it, the phone would just lose that extra spiciness.
However, I also think the battery needs to be changed. Sticking with the same hardware for six years (it'll actually be seven years by the time the S27 Ultra arrives) isn't the best way to convince users the upcoming phone will be radically different from its predecessors.
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