Your post is a carbon copy of almost exactly the same thought processes and experience that I went through, it made me smile.
my primary reason of buying the phone was camera
Same. My old mobly no longer could cut the mustard, it took that long to open camera from lock screen, the photo moment had already passed, quality of photos also well behind what was now available lol. Also S25 titanium case, and privacy glass screen.
Their latest flagship model is S26 and that was the reason, they had hefty discount on S25.
Yes. Watched Amazon like a hawk for months and realised that certain flavours of the S25 Ultra were being heavily discounted in sequence, to shift stock now that the S26 was on the market. So sat like a kingfisher for weeks waiting for the deal I wanted to appear.
the Ultra providing a 200 MP camera, thus having superior provision to capture high resolution photos.
The camera ability is astounding, epic zoom, even 0.6 wide lens for small room.
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.
Was surprised at this myself, considering the weight of the phone and size of the battery, but do find myself using it a lot due to the sublime user experience, so..
Unfortunately, these premium phones do not come with chargers - what a niche way to extract more money from customers !!!
Amazed at this aspect, however did the due diligence, bought a Samsung 45 Watt fast charger designed for the unit and set the max battery to 80% to protect the phone battery. The recharge time is crazy, 1% -> 80% in ~30mins 😐
Things Ive learnt since having this phone:
I'm not sure why I just went on a mobile phone review, think I was baited into it by the original post lol.
RE: Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra