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

SpecEagle Editorial·Mar 2025·$300
Overall
68/100
Class rank
#3 of 3
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 is one of the weaker camera results among mid-range phones of 2025 — 6 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

Main50 MP, f/1.8, OIS
Ultrawide8 MP, 123 deg
Macro2 MP
Selfie13 MP

03Performance

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for mid-range phones of 2025.

ChipsetExynos 1380 (5nm)
GPUMali-G68 MP5

04Battery

80/100

80/100 trails the 83-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 — 8 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

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