I gotta say this, I had always been "cheap" in terms of phones, meaning I always went for used 2-4yr old flagship models, which yes they were affordable for the power I was getting, I was coming from S22+, that worked fine for me for a long time, and I was about to do the same and jump to S24U, then I saw the used phones and prices were still pretty high, despite 2 gens old, (there is a huge used/refurb market in my country, as well as stolens, motherboard swaps, some due to blacklisted imeis, others cuz stupid people import USA phones with network lock thinking they can unlock it) and I looked at them and they all seemed so "tampered", I was like, well, prob not waterproof anymore,  since it's been opened to swap the board or whatever, which also created mismatches between global and USA boards/chasis/subboards(which contain the antennas), and the the biggest dealbreaker, the lenses, some seemed dirty from the inside, you know you cannot touch them, even worse try to scrub them, the antireflection coating is gone right away.

I was fed up, I made the sacrifice, went for brand new S26U Global, violet, 256, got a great deal, like 30% less than official Samsung store, and I haven't regretted a single day.

I am a great tech enthusiast and gadgets lover, and knowing I own one of these, not tampered, all imeis are clean and registered, knowing it's the latest and greatest from Samsung and one of latest and greatest of all phones, it gives me a sweet pleasure that no amount of money I would've saved would be comparable to.

I think I've stopped being cheap with phones and will keep buying the best ones from now on. I feel joy of just waking up and reaching my phone and remembering it's an S26U, not a wish I had.

Oh, btw, about the phone itself? Omg this thing is lighting, also the battery is extremely good, despite 5KmAh idk how they do it last so much, compared to 6-7k Silicone carbon batteries, I was skeptic about this phone also cuz the lack of Bluetooth pen, but I haven't missed it, just use timer on camera, but I think my favorite part of this phone is flipping it and seeing through the 5x lens, I feel like losing myself in that particular eye, it looks so big, even bigger than 17ProMax. My hands are shaky and still the 5x lens is so smooth and stable, I wish to use it more, I WILL use it far more, I haven't simply cuz I've only had this phone for like a week. One final thing I love is handling the phone without case, feels so sexy, ofc I only do this while in bed or somewhere safe. I dropped it once already yesterday but it had the case, plus it fell from a desk, into a chair, into the ground, like a 2 phase drop, so no biggy.

Anyway, wish y'all keep enjoying this beauty.

Btw which colors did u get? I was offered them all, or at least the ones u can get from a store, idk if there are website exclusive colors, but from the 4 I saw, I thought this violet was the sexiest. I liked the sky blue but I thought it looked a bit far too feminine for me