SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy A26 5G review: A26 mid with One UI 7.

Item: Galaxy A26 5G
Rating: 74
Author: SpecEagle Editorial

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2025·$300

Overall

74/100

Class rank

#24 of 41

Tier

Mid-Range

Buy?

At the right price

The verdict, up front

A26 brings Galaxy AI down.

A26 5G with One UI 7 brings parts of Galaxy AI into the mid-range — 120 Hz AMOLED and 6 OS updates seal the value case.

01Display

80/100

80/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

TypeSuper AMOLED

Size6.7"

Refresh120 Hz

02Performance

72/100

72/100 trails the 75-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

ChipsetExynos 1380

RAM6 GB

Storage128 GB

03Camera

74/100

74/100 — right at the average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Main50 MP OIS

Ultrawide8 MP

Macro2 MP

Front13 MP

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 83-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

Capacity5,000 mAh

Charging25 W

05Software

88/100

At 88/100 this is one of the strongest software showings among mid-range phones of 2025 — 9 points above the cohort average.

What works

Galaxy AI on mid-range.
120 Hz AMOLED + Victus+.
6 OS updates.
IP67 rated.

What doesn't

Exynos 1380 throttles.
25 W charging slow.
6 GB RAM.
Macro filler.

Cross-shop it against

OnePlus 14R

$450 · score 80/100

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 41-phone cohort of mid-range devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .