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Samsung raised prices on the Galaxy S26 by $100

The base Galaxy S26 with 256GB of storage costs nearly $1,000 after Samsung raised prices in the US by $100 or more, Phone Arena reports. The Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus were already $100 more expensive than their S25 predecessors when they launched earlier this year, which Samsung said RAM price hikes were partly to blame for. With both price hikes combined, the base S26 will now set you back $200 more than the base S25 would have. Apple and Google have also raised prices on their phones this year. Nearly every phone in the S26 lineup is $100 pricier on Samsung's official website now, and the 1TB version of the S26 Ultra went up by even more … Read the full story at The Verge.
The Galaxy S26 lineup is jumping on this year’s biggest smartphone trend: $100 price hikes. The Galaxy S26 lineup is jumping on…
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