SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A26 5G review: A glass-back A-series with 6 years of updates at $320.

Item: Galaxy A26 5G
Rating: 70
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2025·$320

Overall

70/100

Class rank

#62 of 117

Tier

Mid-range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

The 6-year mid-range pick.

Galaxy A26 5G is the cheapest sAMOLED phone with Samsung's 6-year update window — undercutting the A36 5G on price while keeping IP67 and OIS. The Exynos 1380 chip trails Redmi Note 14 (Snapdragon 7s Gen 2) on benchmarks but matches it on daily use.

01Display

82/100

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

TypesAMOLED, 120 Hz

Size6.7 inches

Resolution2,340 × 1,080 px (FHD+)

Peak brightness1,200 nits HBM

ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass Victus+

02Camera

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Main50 MP, f/1.8, OIS

Ultrawide8 MP, f/2.2

Macro2 MP

Selfie13 MP

03Performance

64/100

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

ChipsetSamsung Exynos 1380 (5 nm)

CPU8 cores (4 × 2.4 GHz A78 + 4 × 2.0 GHz A55)

RAM6 / 8 GB LPDDR4X

Storage128 / 256 GB UFS 2.2 · microSD

04Battery

80/100

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

Capacity5,000 mAh

Wired25 W USB-C PD

05Build

78/100

78/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

06Value

80/100

80/100 puts it above the 78-point average for mid-range phones of 2025.

What works

6 years of OS + security updates rare at this tier.
OIS on the main camera.
IP67 + Gorilla Glass Victus+.
sAMOLED 120 Hz + 1,200-nit display.

What doesn't

Exynos 1380 trails Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 on benchmarks.
Weak 8 MP ultrawide.
No wireless charging.
200 g feels heavy.

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? .