SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A26 review: Mid-budget AMOLED 5G with 6-year update promise.

Item: Galaxy A26
Rating: 68
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2025·$300

Overall

68/100

Class rank

#83 of 117

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

Look elsewhere

The verdict, up front

Six years of updates at $300.

Galaxy A26 brings Samsung's industry-leading 6-year update promise to the $300 tier, alongside an OIS 120Hz AMOLED and IP67 build — long-term software support that no rival matches in this price band.

01Display

82/100

82/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

TypeSuper AMOLED, 120Hz, 1000 nits

Size6.7 inches

Resolution1080 x 2340 px

02Camera

68/100

68/100 trails the 71-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Main50 MP, f/1.8, OIS

Ultrawide8 MP, 123 deg

Macro2 MP

Selfie13 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 trails the 70-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

ChipsetExynos 1380 (5nm)

GPUMali-G68 MP5

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 84-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Capacity5000 mAh

Charging25W

05Build

70/100

70/100 is one of the weaker build results among mid-range phones of 2025 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

What works

6-year update promise — class-leading
OIS main + 120Hz AMOLED + IP67
Stereo + microSD + 3.5 mm

What doesn't

Exynos 1380 mid-tier
2 MP macro filler
25W charging modest

Cross-shop it against

Xiaomi 15T

$649 · score 84/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 117-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .