The Galaxy A36 brings a Snapdragon chip, IP67 rating, the Galaxy A26 sticks with Exynos

01 March 2025
All three A-series models have 6.7" displays. The A36 features faster 45W charging and video HDR support. Both A36 and A26 will get 6 OS updates.

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Another dull zero repeated announcements from samsung

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    Kirisame, 02 Mar 2025Maybe Exynos 1480 is too expensive to be equipped on A3* seriesOr maybe E1480 doesn't support 45w charging thats why 36 use SD6 grn 3 instead

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      potato4k, 02 Mar 2025Why would Samsung do that when using Exynos means less cost... moreAside from AMD GPU is expensive. Think samsung has plan to equip the E1480 on a27. Then revive the E1580 on a37. The M/F36 will still use SD 6gen 3 or 7s Gen2 instead of E1480. E1480 only support 25W charging thats why A36 wont equip it

        potato4k, 02 Mar 2025G99 to Exynos 1380 is big leap. You're going from 2x a... moreEven SD 4 gen 2 has a78 cores, but in reality nothing changed.

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          Overpriced waste.

            For what these phones are even exist?? There are more capable and better options in other brands than this garbage devices.... For this money which is 30k -40k in india... Plenty of performance and better camera devices from others brands... Atleast they should have gone for sd 7 gen 3 or dimensity 7300 for A36 instead of this bullshit...

              All these are complete waste everyone's money.So everyone don't waste your hard earned money on these garbage.

                DarlingYext, 02 Mar 2025So now the A26 is extra worth it, and while trying to make ... moreAnd they nerfed the speakers on a26, it's only mono compared to stereo on a25.

                  potato4k, 02 Mar 2025Why would Samsung do that when using Exynos means less cost... moreMaybe Exynos 1480 is too expensive to be equipped on A3* series

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                    mat, 02 Mar 2025a36 doesn't has a 3.5mm jack and still comes with virt... moreWhich nearly all brands use virtual proximity senslr on non high end phones.

                    It sucks, that is true.

                    As for lack of 3.5mm, said that the last time too ks that Samsung is not bringing it back, and that the source for that article was wrong.

                      potato4k, 02 Mar 2025Why would Samsung do that when using Exynos means less cost... moreRather than that, I have a theory that the AMD GPU production is probably that expensive and they are having trouble making it cheaper, and that's why they make it exclusive to the A5x series.
                      And I have another theory that they used 6 Gen 3 because it didn't sell? There's a reason why Qualcomm announced 6 Gen 4 as the successor of 6 Gen 3 even though 6 Gen 3 is still only 6 months old. And oh yeah, Samsung has done this with the M55/F55/C55, where they use 7 Gen 1 (which is also not used in most phones) rather than the Exynos 1380.
                      Except for their entry-level chipsets (such as 4 Gen 2), I find it funny that Samsung-produced Snapdragon often doesn't sell well on the market, and I guess we already know the reason. I've seen more phones with 695 rather than more-powerful and 4K-supports 6 Gen 1 in the market.

                        So now the A26 is extra worth it, and while trying to make the A36 more competitive against the rest of the market by giving it a Snapdragon chipset and faster charging, they removed the SD card slot, and just destroyed the A3x series.

                          403 Forbidden, 02 Mar 2025Agree, except when it comes to battery life. Exynos is stil... moreThe A15/A16 have higher SOT than even the S25 Ultra. So what’s your point? That G99 is better than SD8 Elite? 😅

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                            a36 doesn't has a 3.5mm jack and still comes with virtual proximity sensor

                              potato4k, 02 Mar 2025G99 to Exynos 1380 is big leap. You're going from 2x a... moreAgree, except when it comes to battery life. Exynos is still Exynos after all. A15 and A16 still got higher sot than A35 (according to this website).

                                julianhadleftthegame, 02 Mar 2025Maybe it has 2 years longer os update than the A35??? Idk tbh*1

                                Edit: wait nvm yes it's 2 more OS updates. sorry im dmub lol

                                  Anonymous, 02 Mar 2025A35 x A26 A35 has tougher glass ( no plastic back ), la... moreNot trying to defend Samsung, but glass is glass and glass break. I will never understand when someone says that glass can be tougher than plastic.
                                  And oh yeah, the 12GB RAM variant is not available in my country. Agree with the notch part, though.

                                    Iphone 15pro user, 02 Mar 2025i cant even imagine what kind of brick it will be after 6th... moreWe still have new phones with old SoCs with ancient A73 cores (Snapdragon 680) and A76 cores (G99) being released today, and they seem to run Android 15 okay. The SoCs used here are faster than those so imo they would be fine 6 years later. Just buy the models with 6 GB RAM or more.

                                    We are at peak smartphone OS wise. The Android OS is mature. The only new things are AI related stuff, and most of those are cloud based.

                                      PatrickCzech, 02 Mar 2025That is why I think Samsung opted for Snapdragon instead of... moreWhy would Samsung do that when using Exynos means less cost? The normal progression would've been A26 getting 1380, A36 getting 1480, and A56 with 1580.

                                      Imo it's Qualcomm forcing Samsung to buy the rebranded Snapdragon 6gen1 as a package deal to get the Snapdragon 8 elite.

                                        i cant even imagine what kind of brick it will be after 6th software update if it survives that long

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