Buying a premium phone for myself was never in plan because I preferred to use the camera instead for my photography, during my trips. However, during my last trip to Ujjain, I faced trouble in using my camera, as they did not allow to use the camera just because it was a camera...Ya, that old mindset and rules still in force, you can use a mobile but you cannot use a camera. I still gave it a try and they caught me and threatened to impose a hefty fine and that is when I decided I need a premium phone for such places - where the system does not try to understand the reality and instead impose rules that were from decades back. Today, smart phones are nowhere less than a premium camera, but you simply cannot defend yourself everywhere.
As my primary reason of buying the phone was camera, after doing some initial analysis, we decided to go the nearest Reliance mall to see and feel different models. Our primary target was iPhone, Pixel and Samsung and after looking at all of them, I went in favor of Samsung as I have been now accustomed with their UI. Their latest flagship model is S26 and that was the reason, they had hefty discount on S25. However, there were no stock of S25, as these stores always go for fresh ones. They said their stock may come after 2-3 days but there is no guarantee. However, they matched the discount that are available online - I was a bit surprised on that.
Deciding to go for S25 instead of S26 was primarily for monetary reason, as the camera in both are almost equal and my focus was on the camera only. And choosing between S25 and S25 Ultra was a tough choice, the Ultra providing a 200 MP camera, thus having superior provision to capture high resolution photos. But that comes at a price - it eats up the battery pretty fast and fills the storage as well. I have been using the phone for more than 15 days and quite disappointed with the battery performance, it's like I have to do a full recharge every day. The boy is saying, it's primarily because of a loophole in their last security patch and Samsung may fix it, but I think, they might have done that purposely to promote their new model S26 ? Only time will tell.
And I am not a good online shopper, so the boy did find out all discounts and ordered with some open box service, in which they will open the box and show the phone. Unfortunately, these premium phones do not come with chargers - what a niche way to extract more money from customers !!! Just because you are buying a premium phone, they think, you can spend couple more thousand for the charger...
As we prepared to come to Kochi for his admission in IIMK, this came handy, I no longer need to take the camera. So going forward, you will see photos from this new phone, I still feel, the Sony Mirror less outperforms this - it captures better in less size. But only where that is not allowed, this will come handy plus convenience......
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