Samsung Galaxy A26 review

31 March 2025


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Imagine paying 300€ for 4gb ram 🤣🤣 Samsung is delusional

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    • astolfo
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    • 01 Apr 2025

    Anonymous, 01 Apr 2025I don't get all these retarded comments, it's jus... moreThis is not a BUDGET phone. Idk what drugs Samsung put on you but A26 is midrange. Low-end Midrange but it has never been budget. Samsung asks close to 300$ for this in certain territories.

    Budget is A1x, A0x. And before those, the J lineup was mostly budget.

    A series has always been midrange, with 3 models (low, mid, high). Easier than ever to notice now that they cut several other models of this lineup. A2x (low), A3x (mid), A5x (high), or so goes the idea but we know how much Samsung loves to sell the same thing every year.

    Anyways, aside from meh, they dropped the headphone jack, so another nail in the coffin for Samsung. They cut their production costs and want you to "pay" extra to use their earbuds due to a problem they themselves created.



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      • Anonymous
      • xjH
      • 01 Apr 2025

      Kind of sad how poco x7 pro is around the price of A26 but beats out even A56 and is competitive against 24 FE.

        The colors look nice, everything else meh

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          • Anonymous
          • nNg
          • 01 Apr 2025

          I don't get all these retarded comments, it's just a budget phone, what you expect? Flagship performance? Also the reviewer, seriously...It's a budget phone FFS

            Samsung really need to up their game now, and I say that as a current user of their devices. I'm very much looking at alternatives for my next device if they don't step it up.

              justasmile, 01 Apr 202510 reasons to get Galaxy A26 over A25: 1. Awesome Intell... moreacually, Number 2 can be extended for xiaomi phones, i've done that with my note 10 pro for a very long time and it works just like always on display does... you just need to use a bit googling or look for a tutorial on youtube and be done in less than 5min.

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                • Mrm
                • 01 Apr 2025

                Display Nits meh, battery life meh..

                  third worst phone release of 2025 (after the iPhone 17 lineup and s25 edge)

                    There is no year to year improvement it seems. It's like Samsung is planning to market this phone to a person whose last phone was bought four years ago - then this is a big leap for them. Kind of makes sense- if you buy a budget handset you're not going to buy another the next year or even the year after that.
                    This things still sucks for the price. You can find Moto G Stylus '24 for half the money all day on amazon and get everything but the updates.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Kx6
                      • 01 Apr 2025

                      justasmile, 01 Apr 202510 reasons to get Galaxy A26 over A25: 1. Awesome Intell... moreLol A26 = A54
                      A54 cheaper than A26
                      A26 E-Waste rebadging

                        10 reasons to get Galaxy A26 over A25:

                        1. Awesome Intelligence (actually a nice addition beacuse Samsung is limiting it to Galaxy A34 and above, A54 and above, with no support for A25)
                        2. 6 OS updates, 6 year security updates from Android 15 over 4+5 from 14
                        3. Yes

                        10 reasons to get Poco X7 Pro over A26:
                        1. Higher resolution
                        2. Tap to see time for 10 seconds (A26 actually doesn't have AOD, none at all!)
                        3. Significantly better performance (D8400 over Exynos 1380)
                        4. UFS 4.0 over 2.2
                        5. Bigger main camera sensor (1/1.95 over 1/2.76)
                        6. Stereo speakers
                        7. Under display fingerprint
                        8. Bigger battery (which despite HyperOS terrible optimisation, has better battery life cuz of the capacity)
                        9. Faster charging
                        10. IR port

                        3 reasons to get Galaxy A35 over Galaxy A26:
                        1. Bigger camera sensor
                        2. stereo speakers
                        3. AOD support

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 01 Apr 2025

                          Of course you'll get better deals on phones that have discounts but based on launch prices in Europe the A26 is hard to beat. Will only get better value when it's on sale. No need to spend more than this really

                            Huh, so Samsung really stopped giving a cr0p what they release nowadays, don't they?

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                              • Anonymous
                              • Sr6
                              • 01 Apr 2025

                              vik457, 01 Apr 2025No 4k recording on front cam despite having chroma resoluti... moreno IPS LCD display , only the cheap mediocre OLED display that is bad for the eyes.
                              no audio jack
                              no buy.
                              show me NEXT mediocre phone please

                                No 4k recording on front cam despite having chroma resolution and readout speed should be a negative.

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                                  • 01 Apr 2025

                                  i don' t understand. a25, a26 only got 8hr battery for web browsing. a55 got 11hr. a13, a31, a34 got 18-19hr?? wtf??!!

                                    Anonymous, 01 Apr 2025Poco x7 pro is £259 in the UK and this is £299. Only people... morePlease anyone reading this do not buy this awful Samsung phone. You will be disappointed, like mentioned Poco X7 Pro is under £300 pounds and blows this thing out in every regard. Nothing beats that phone for that money. Nothing. I got Motorola Edge 50 Neo and I ordered Xiaomi 14T Pro for £404 with free wireless charger and smart band 9. Motorola is getting sold as it is half of the phone for 3/4 of the price. Not worth it. Xiaomi might be Chinese and communist party company and what not and I don't care, once all other companies notice that they are losing ground they will start offering more. Till then unfortunately all you do is pay for brand name and some features which you probably don't need. (dex, satellite connection, magsafe and sorts)

                                      Well, I've never understood A2X's place in smartphone universe. It is not cheap but OKish basic phone like A1X series, not so much better than the same series may I add, price is closer to A3X series but the specs are not, it competes with last year's much better A3X series phone in the same price range... Who is it for? Maybe it's time for Samsung to rethink their A series list. They have axed A4X for a good reason, A7X not so much and A8X is basicly SXX FE without inovatons (like A80 and its flip camera). It's time to say "RIP A2X"...

                                        Mahbub Rahman, 01 Apr 2025In short:- If you really want this phone then either wait... moreBut the M36 won't be released in Western Europe ( probably)

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