I don't think he's far off though, albeit a bit exaggerated.

The difference between the S21 Ultra and S26 Ultra is pretty small, all things considered. Appearance wise almost identical. Battery size is still 5000 mAh. Cameras are marginally better (maybe even worse since they removed the 10x zoom camera).

Counter points though, privacy screen on S25 Ultra is a nice new feature. CPU/GPU performance has been improving, including efficiency for lower compute tasks.

There are few phones these days with 8000mah -> 10000mah.

Personally, I only buy a new phone if the battery life improves with a weight increas of a smaller factor.

So I'm looking forward to buying a 9-10ah phone in the coming months.

My current phone is 6000 mah.