The new Samsung flagship, Galaxy S26 Ultra, has faced harsh criticism from users and tech experts. The reason is the large number of unnecessary apps pre-installed with factory settings. According to an investigation by Android Authority, a significant portion of the device's storage is occupied by apps irrelevant to the user. Reports rozetked.me.
Specifically, the smartphone comes with pre-installed social networks from Meta, several services from the Microsoft package, and the Spotify app. Together with system files and Google services, these apps take up over 40 GB of space on the 512 GB model. Unfortunately, the user cannot uninstall these apps during the initial setup process.
Furthermore, the smartphone system is overloaded with duplicate apps that perform the same function. For example, the device has two app stores, two voice assistants, two browsers, and two cloud storage services. Usually, this practice is used to lower the price of budget smartphones, but for the premium Galaxy S26 Ultra, which starts at $1300, this is completely incomprehensible. Users are unhappy that their expensive smartphone storage is filled with useless software.
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