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Is it a good time to buy a Samsung Galaxy S26 or will the price drop soon?

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According to the price at which the Samsung Galaxy S26 And taking into account our trend analysis and market history, this is how we see the purchase of Samsung mobile phones right now: 🟢 Buy with confidence Samsung galaxy 26 (base) Verdict “Launch” moment. It is on pre-launch sale and you will enjoy the novelty for a few months. official RRP €999 (Samsung store). Target price “on the street” Don’t pay more than €949 for the base model. Next release Samsung Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold (expected in 2026), Samsung Galaxy S27 (expected in February 2027). Our recommendation Buy keeping two things in mind: 256 GB model: on Amazon it is on sale with a coupon for €949. 512 GB model: on Amazon it is on sale with a discount + coupon for €944. Our recommendation right now is to buy the 512 GB model taking advantage of the double direct and coupon discount. Regret cost Low. The mobile phone has just been launched and is on sale, so you can enjoy the novelty for a lower price. Why is the traffic light GREEN? Right now (March 2026) we are in its pre-launch period, so we have the news of a new mobile phone along with the offers that we usually have on most of the brand’s smartphones in this period. Thus, we find ourselves in this situation: Pre-release effect: The Galaxy S26 has not been launched yet, so we can enjoy a few months of the “newness” effect. Multiple offers: The launch has been accompanied by many offers, which may vary depending on the store we look at. Prices in their configurations: One of the most attractive offers lies in the “Double your storage”, a campaign that many stores have in which we have the 512 GB version at the same (or similar) price as the 256 GB version. This also affects higher internal storage configurations. Expert buyer advice: If you are going to buy a Samsung Galaxy S26 right now, go for the 512 GB or 1 TB configuration if you want to have a lot of storage, especially in its pre- and post-launch period, which is when it usually has the best offers in the first months of the cycle. Price history and change prediction The image above is a price chart of the previous generation, the Samsung Galaxy S25 (2024-2025), and we have superimposed it with the prices that we have seen so far on the Samsung Galaxy S26. This is what we see: What history tells us: During the first months of the cycle we only usually find post-launch offers, so it is not until after about three months that we can see better prices. Possible price drop in April: If we look at the price history of its previous generation, it was in April when we began to find more recurring offers, especially until the month of June. Keep an important fact in mind: Around October, we started seeing worse deals on the 128GB Galaxy S25. Because? Apple has a lot to do with it, since the iPhone 17 starts at 256 GB. To compete and sell, stores stopped launching offers on the 128 GB version, and began launching more on the 256 GB version. Hence, except in December, in November 2025 and in January and February 2026 we have seen crazy prices. So? If you see the price for 999 euros (RRP), you are losing money. The pre-launch “street price” right now is around 940 – 950 euros, don’t pay more than that, especially for the 256 GB base model. The best Samsung Galaxy S26 deals now: In the pre-launch period, both the official store and many suppliers have their own offers: Samsung has it for 749 euros paying with Bizum or Samsung Pay and with a direct discount. It allows you to have double the storage (512 GB) without paying more and you can save more money by handing over your old device. MediaMarkt has it for 899.10 euros if you pay through their app. amazon has it for 949 euros using the coupon and it saves you 100 euros if you are a student. The English Court has it for 999 eurosbut it offers a 5% discount when paying from the app, another 5% discount with the El Corte Inglés card and another 10% when purchasing Samsung Galaxy Buds4 (the discount is on the headphones). fnac has it for 999 eurosbut it offers a 10% discount when purchasing Samsung Galaxy Buds4 (the discount is on the headphones). PcComponents has it for 999 eurosbut it offers training on artificial intelligence focused on Samsung Galaxy, allows you to have double the storage (512 GB) without paying more and allows you to finance the purchase at 0% for up to 36 months. Samsung Galaxy S26 (256GB) The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Is the Samsung Galaxy S26 for you now? To better understand whether or not you deserve to buy the mobile right now, these are the reflections I would make: ✅ BUY IT TODAY IF: You need a cell phone because the one you have is broken or the battery no longer lasts you half a day. You want to enjoy the “new” effect on your mobile, also taking advantage of the fact that it is now on sale. You come from a very previous generation, from the Samsung Galaxy S23 back. ⛔ I DO NOT RECOMMEND IT IF: You have a recent mobile phone, a Samsung Galaxy S24 or Galaxy S25. The improvements, especially compared to the previous generation, are not great enough to justify the purchase at the time of its launch. You are going to pay the official price (999 euros). You can hold out for a few months, until at least April, which is when we start to see better offers. Good alternatives to the Samsung Galaxy S26 that I would buy If you still have doubts about whether or not to buy … Read more

Samsung is already thinking about a future with OLED screens everywhere. Included in a collar or foldable console

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One of the most entertaining activities you can do at the Mobile World Congress is to walk around the Samsung Display stand. This is Samsung’s division, one of the many it has, in charge of research and development of panels. If today we have the TriFold in the market is because, years ago, We saw its prototype displayed here. That’s why taking a look around their stand is so entertaining, because it lets you see what developments the company has in the works. Whether they see the light or not is another story, but the proposal is nice. OLED panels everywhere. Samsung is, along with LG and BOE, one of the few companies capable of produce OLED panels. That’s why it makes sense that the company wants to put them everywhere. Not only on premium mobile phones, where they are already practically omnipresent, or on televisions, but on every possible gadget, be it a controller, a console or a virtual assistant with AI. This is how Samsung makes money: the secret is in the IPHONE This smartphone unrolls and allows the diagonal of the screen to be increased | Image: Xataka From tiny to conventional size. One of the prototypes we have seen is a vertically rollable phone. The device has a motor that unfolds the screen upwards and hides it downwards, as if it were a blind, and allows you to have a compact phone and, if you want to play or read, a more elongated panel. Very interesting, although with some flaws. The main one is that, rolled up, what in another context would be an aluminum edge would, on this occasion, be a screen, one that is also very exposed to all kinds of misfortunes in the pocket, dirt, knocks, etc. It is striking as a concept, but perhaps it makes more sense on a laptop where, in fact, we are already starting to see them. This tablet unrolls to the side | Image: Xataka Here we can see the unwinding system | Image: Xataka What’s more, Samsung is in it. We have also seen this same roll-up panel technology in a type of tablet and a laptop. The latter is very reminiscent of the Lenovo proposal and unroll the screen to go from 13 to 17 inches. This format, still in its infancy, has a lot of potential if we think of a device that combines productivity and versatility. Samsung Rollable Laptop Concept | Image: Xataka On the tablet, which could also be understood as a portable external monitor, the panel goes from a panoramic format to a 4:3 format that is practically 1:1, something that can be somewhat useful when having several applications open and in office tasks. Without a doubt, where the roll-up format is going to shine is in medium/large panels. Whether we see them on the street or not… only time will tell. Laptop with vertical folding screen | Image: Xataka Laptop with vertical folding screen | Image: Xataka From big to bigger. One of the most curious prototypes has been this trilaptop. Unlike the TriFold, which has three screens, the two folds of this device come in the form of a keyboard and foldable screen. By default, it is a normal laptop, but if we unfold the screen it is like putting another 13-inch panel on top. Useful, very useful, especially for programming. In addition, the unfolded screen is not excessively thick, so the laptop, at least in theory, should not weigh more than necessary, although it will be heavier than normal. Folding console prototype | Image: Xataka So far the normal. Now let’s go with the most peculiar concepts. The first is a folding console. This device, which is clearly reminiscent of a Nintendo Switch, has a Fold-type folding panel that, at least in theory, seeks to make a portable console even more portable. The concept is interesting and I can imagine a console like this in a few years, although perhaps the price would be higher than the 400-550 euros that we are used to seeing. Console controller with integrated screen | Image: Xataka The second is a controller with a central screen. Central touch panels are not new, see Sony’s DualShock and DualSense, but adding a screen opens up a whole range of possibilities. That screen could be part of the HUD, offer actions, provide contextual information or serve to interact with the game in some way through gestures or quick touches. Very curious, it is one of those ideas that I wouldn’t be surprised to see implemented sooner rather than later. Necklace with OLED screen | Image: Xataka Nice necklace. But the concept that takes the cake is the necklace. It is, like everything else, a concept, but the idea is curious. What if, in the same way that you can change the watchface of your necklace, you could change the image of your necklace? The device is big, huge, something that is normal if we want the screen to have some prominence. In a few years will we see a diamond necklace with a GIF of a diamond spinning around? I have no proof, but I have no doubt either. Flexible Micro-LED Panels | Image: Xataka Space for Micro-LED. Samsung has also taken the opportunity to show some advances in Micro-LED, a technology called to be the Holy Grail of panels: OLED blacks, LCD brightness, without degradation or bloombing. The problem is that they are very expensive because their manufacturing is extremely complex. At the moment, we have only seen them on televisions whose prices exceed an average Spanish salary, but Samsung already seems to be working on bringing them to smaller formats. The key, of course, is the excellent color reproduction and brightness, which, in this case, amounts to 7,000 nits. Micro-RGB panel example | Image: Xataka Be that as it may, what is clear is that we are heading to a world full of screens where there were previously printed canvases. Samsung wants … Read more

It seemed that the Fold were the territory of Samsung and Honor. Motorola has arrived to claim its space

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After doing what are, for me, the best folding Flip type, Motorola has just embarked on the adventure of its remaining format: the Fold. And I have already been able to try it: I was alone with the Motorola Razr Fold, I think it is a solid, versatile and high-quality bet. He is coming to cause a lot of war, I am convinced. The first thing I appreciated when holding it in my hand is that Motorola has known how to slim down the thickness of the phone so that it is almost “normal” once it is folded. The two unfolded parts are very thin: reaches 4.55 mm. Of course, only in the areas of the phone that do not correspond to the cameras, because there the thickness, as usual, is much higher. Motorola Razr Fold technical sheet motorola razr fold SCREEN 6.6 inch external Internal 8.1 inch 2K LTPO Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 outer glass DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 4.55mm open thickness 9.89mm closed thickness Weight: – PROCESSOR Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 RAM 16 GB RAM Boost STORAGE 512GB FRONT CAMERA 32 MP internal 20MP Outdoor REAR CAMERA 50 MP main (Sony LYTIA 828) 50 MP telephoto lens, 3x optical zoom, OIS 50 MP ultra wide angle (122 degree field of view) BATTERY 6,000 mAh 80W TurboPower Charging 50W wireless charging OPERATING SYSTEM Android CONNECTIVITY 5G OTHERS Compatible with moto pen ultra Stainless steel hinge and titanium internal plate Stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos and Sound by Bose IP47/IP48/IP49 PRICE From 1,999 euros It feels very good in the hand, as if it were not a foldable This is important, since Motorola makes no compromises: the two wings of the phone are joined together without gaps, as if from the outside it looked like a regular phone. It’s a bit difficult to put your fingers in the phone to unfold it. The movement from there offers no resistance and allows you to hold the hinge at almost any angle. The Pantone finishes, and a rough touch on the back, give it personality, as well as grip. It holds up well when folded and unfolded, just like when it comes to taking photos. I have not noticed that it is greatly offset by the weight of the triple camera. The screen looks fabulous in all conditions: Motorola has achieved extremely high brightness for both panels. The tactile response is good and the fold crease did not seem exaggerated to me. Yes, it is marked more than that of the Honor Magic V6For example. You couldn’t ask for more in terms of power: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 516 GB of RAM and 512 GB of storage. The test did not allow me to analyze the performance in depth. From what I tested, I highly doubt that I will have problems on a day-to-day basis, both with regular multitasking and with games. I also didn’t appreciate that it got hotter than normal. Competing to be the reference folding I don’t think he Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 be the rival to beat for the Motorola Razr Fold: due to the extra-thin design, and the 6,000 mAh battery embedded in the phone, Moto points to Honor with its Magic V. Because that was the feeling I had when I had the new mobile: the Razr Fold reminded me of the Magic V5. When hours later I tried the Honor Magic V6I couldn’t help but draw parallels. Although the design may have certain reminiscences between one and the other, Motorola maintains software with its particular style, customizable to a large extent and with a style of Android 16 that is not too far from the Pixel. Also, very good news: The Motorola Razr Fold is guaranteed with seven years of Android updates and seven years of security updates The resistance is also certified: IP47, IP48 and IP49. It has very good quality sound certified by Bose and compatible with Dolby Atmos. A trio of reliable cameras with an AI-enhanced telephoto Cameras are usually the pending issue with folding phones, especially when they are as thin as the Motorola Razr Fold. Because there are no miracles, physics is physics. And the minimum thickness is enough for what it is, compromises have to be made. Motorola has decided to sacrifice as little as possible. Its triple rear camera debuts a Sony Lytia 828 50 megapixel which seems to behave at a good level. I was taking photos in the testing room, with plenty of light coming in through the windows, and I saw the camera resolute, accurate in colors and with well-applied automatic HDR. The wide angle is also 50 megapixels. Same as the telephoto: Motorola has relied on a trio that produces the same dimensions in the resulting images. With Quad Binning processing at 12.6 megapixels. The telephoto reaches 100x in its maximum hybrid mode, a distance that usually results in a glob. Although I have appreciated great work from the AI: can reconstruct images until you get something drinkable. It won’t be the best photo in the world, but at least it will serve to show it. With the logical risks of parts invented (or recreated) by AI. Motorola rounds off the great work it already did in the Flip format The Motorola Razr Fold is a mobile phone that surprises in the hand due to its lightness and everything it keeps inside. Power, performance, flexibility, very good cameras and the ability to become a very good work tool. At this point I especially like your desktop modeI believe that Motorola has a great asset to enhance productivity in all environments. Especially those of us who travel almost with nothing on. Very good balance between quality, performance and design. Now, it is not a phone that is unique on the market either: the Fold-type folding format is already very mature. And they are all placing themselves in a high price segment, that segment for which They seek to distinguish themselves by appearance rather than … Read more

sell more phones than Samsung in Europe

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Yesterday was Samsung’s big day. One in which he presented his new Samsung Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26+ and Galaxy S26 Ultra. The company focused the event on news and collaborations with large AI companies, as well as high-end hardware. Although the big conversation was on its mobile phones, Samsung had already won since the beginning of the week. There is no way that anyone sells more phones than the Korean company in Europe. Unstoppable. The iPhone is one of the best-selling mobile phones in the world, but even that is not enough for Apple to smile in global photography. Samsung once again put its Galaxy A in first place on the podium, specifically the A56 5G. A mobile that has sold more units than all recent iPhones. The cast. Samsung ranked number one in European sales according to Omdia data, with 46.6 million units sold. The manufacturer’s market share rises from 34 to 35%, helped by the aggressive pricing strategy with the Samsung Galaxy A16 and the demand for the Galaxy A56. Apple grows. Apple, which shipped 36.9 million iPhones in Europe, is growing 6% year-on-year, with a record market share in Europe of 27%. The family iPhone 16 had a sustained demand, and the iPhone 17 Pro Max It has had an enviable reception from premium mobile buyers. The rest. Xiaomi maintained third place with 21.8 million shipments, slightly decreasing its annual sales volume. For its part, Motorola decreased its share by 5%, followed by Honor, which maintains fifth European position. But globally… The Samsung – Apple pulse has been getting worse quarter by quarter. Q4 2025 closed with Apple leading a 25% global share, compared to Samsung’s 18%. However, in the first quarters of the year, Samsung usually accelerates and takes first place at the start of the year. 2026. This will be a year of complete shakeup in the tech industry. The changes in strategy carried out by Samsung and Apple will be decisive for the chair dance to continue. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Trump’s pressure achieves a first move from Apple: part of the Mac mini will be manufactured in the US

Samsung has insisted on maintaining the identity of the S26 Ultra. The price to pay is the battery

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The Samsung Galaxy S26 They’re here, and to no one’s surprise, they’re extremely similar to last year’s. The time of having new mobile phones that are clearly better than those of the previous generation has long passed and we have seen that most of the new features come from the software side. Even so, in this family we see improvements in one of its models: in the S26 Ultra. Improvements in cameras, in power with the Next generation Snapdragon and one privacy screen which still seems like a magic trick to me. It also has a battery from the past: 5,000 mAh when China is betting on figures of 6,000 or 7,000 mAh. And there is a very simple explanation that has nothing to do with Samsung’s conservatism: you can’t have everything. And if the Galaxy S26 Ultra wants to maintain its hallmark, which makes it different in a calendar full of mobile phones that are very similar to each other, it must make sacrifices. I’m talking about the S-Pen. The sacrifice of the Galaxy S26 Ultra that… makes sense We are not going to fool ourselves: Samsung, Google and Apple are three companies that are being too conservative both with battery capacity and loads. They put in just enough so that this charge can be considered ‘fast’ while in China we see phones with new generation batteries that also have much faster charges. You may think that they do not bet on ultra-large batteries with crazy charges for a degradation issuebut it is really the Chinese companies that offer long-term tests on the charging cycles of their batteries. And an 80% degradation in a 7,000 mAh battery is not the same as in a 5,000 mAh battery. The problem is that, although the 4,900 mAh of the Samsung Galaxy S26+ They are unjustifiable from the user’s point of view, the 5,000 mAh of the Galaxy S26 Ultra is more understandable if we look at the insides of the mobile. As an example, I am going to put an image of the interior of the S25 Ultra of the video by JerryRigEverything: Interior of the S25 Ultra. Look how little space the battery has | Screenshot of JerryRigEverything Here we have several interesting things. On the one hand, the enormous space occupied by the SIM tray. Well, really, what it takes up… everything. More than a third of the rear is the plate with the SoC and the cameras, the bottom part is dominated by the speaker, the SIM slot and the USB-C port. and then we have an element that takes up a lot of space: the S-Pen. The SIM slot takes up a lot | Screenshot of JerryRigEverything The pen is stored inside the cell phone and takes up a good portion of it. It’s very easy to see the amount of space you’re stealing from a battery that’s already being suffocated by the rest of the components. And we cannot say that the S25 Ultra is small, precisely. Without the pencil in its compartment, we can better see what the battery is losing | Screenshot of JerryRigEverything When Apple removed headphone jack port He did it for several reasons. One was to be able to sell ourselves wireless headphones more expensive. The other was to scratch millimeters that could be used with the battery. The same thing happens with the most recent movement to banish physical SIM cards. In mobile phones where everything is extremely small and compact, the battery gaining only a few millimeters translates into greater capacities. Because, as much as Chinese mobile phones, especially the folding onesare mounting denser new generation batteries, it is still a space game: the bigger, the more capacity. At least with current technology. The S26 Ultra not only keeps the S-Penbut it is also somewhat thinner than the S25 Ultra while including a larger vapor chamber. No matter how much Samsung makes a denser battery, physically there are elements that steal internal space. This means that the 5,000 mAh must be maintained. Because if in other mobile phones, such as the aforementioned folding ones or in the ultra-thin ones like the iPhone Airwe see that the battery is the protagonist, in the S26 Ultra, in the Ultra family in general, it is just one more element. And here I have mixed feelings. It is true that it is shocking to see a mobile phone costing more than 1,400 euros with a 60 W charge and a 5,000 mAh battery when models like the Honor Magic8 Pro or the OPPO Find X9 Pro with more than 6,000 mAh or 75.00 mAh respectively and 100 W charges. However, the S26 Ultra remains unique in being special for something that many people continue to appreciate. The S-Pen is a very cool component that, although it has been losing functionalityallows us to write on the screen, edit documents and photos much more precisely than with our finger and, ultimately, it is an element that continues to exist because Samsung believes that its users continue to find value in it. If this were not the case, they would have long since loaded an element that makes the production of the mobile phone more expensive and prevents them from moving forward in another direction (adding more battery, for example). Therefore… yes, the S-Pen is mainly responsible for the 5,000 mAh of the Galaxy S26 Ultra. But, at the same time, it is what means that, in an era in which practically all mobile phones are the same, The Ultra continue to have that “special thing” that differentiates them from all the others. And, honestly: I hate Samsung for maintaining that hallmark (but let’s see if they can find the formula for the new silicon-carbon batteries that other manufacturers are already implementing). Photos | JerryRigEveryting, Xataka In Xataka | We already know why mobile phones with 6,000mAh are not arriving in Europe: there is a clear person responsible

Samsung no longer sells you a great processor. A good intermediary sells you

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He Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 It is surely the most powerful processor that has ever come to an Android phone. Samsung has it in S26 Ultra. And in the launch communications of this mobile he has barely mentioned it, contrary to his modus operandi of yesteryear: the chip used to be one of the big arguments along with the camera and battery. What Samsung has developed with the S26with a lot of time and detail, has been AI. Specifically, the S26 will work with three: Gemini, Bixby and Perplexity. That you choose. That each one does different things. That the device is responsible for coordinating them between them. High-end hardware has reached a point where the differences are marginal for most users. Nobody buys an Ultra anymore because it has 20% more performance in the vapor chamber. But he can buy it because the phone asks him for the Uber only when he has an event on the calendar and calculates the times without him doing anything.to. Or because it filters the calls from spam (there will be trials for this), because it answers for you if you don’t want to pick up the phone, or because it suggests photos of the trip when a friend asks for them via chat. Samsung calls this ‘agentic upgrade’although what it describes is easier to understand: the mobile phone does things in the background without you asking it. There is the twist that the briefing already hinted. Samsung no longer sells itself as the maker of the best hardware. It is sold as the one that best connects you with the intelligence that others have built. It’s not Google, which has Gemini. It is not Perplexity, which has its search engine. It’s not even the chip, which is sometimes an Exynos but sometimes it’s from Qualcomm. Samsung is the layer that unites all thatthe operating system that decides how those agents talk to each other, the hardware that runs them. He is, in the most literal sense, an intermediary. And that’s where he’s focusing now. Perplexity in action, integrated into the S26. Image: Xataka. Galaxy AI. It is not its own AI but rather the integration of someone else’s. Image: Xataka. The bet makes sense as long as that role is difficult to replicate. One UI, Samsung DeXthe integration between native apps and Bixby, the brutal hardware privacy screen that only the Ultra has… All of these are things that you can’t have on another device even if you use the same AIs. For now, at least. The uncomfortable question is what happens when Gemini, Perplexity and Bixby are free on any Android. When what matters is not what AI you access, but how the manufacturer integrates it. Samsung is betting that this difference will be enough of a purchase argument. That’s why it doesn’t sell you the processor. You already assume it’s good. In Xataka | Samsung has a plan to become the greatest AI power in mobile phones. And that is why it has teamed up with Perplexity Featured image | Xataka

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has shown us a wonderful future. One full of screens with privacy technology

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Many revolutions come without us realizing it and by surprise. As if they were a supporting actor that no one seemed to pay attention to and turns out to be the real star of the movie: This is how the privacy screen arrived of the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra: an innovation that no one expected and that made the AI ​​or the cameras of that mobile barely matter. Because although all those things add up, they are an evolution that we were all waiting for. But the privacy screen thing is something else: it is an everyday revolution and so obvious that one can only think how it is possible that we are in 2026 and no one would have invented something like this before. Samsung, as our colleague Ana Boria rightly says – please, don’t miss the Short -, has suddenly destroyed the entire industry of tempered glass that protects privacy. For years we have seen how it was possible to add a “privacy protector” in the form of protective glass to our mobile phone or laptop. With it it was possible to prevent any curious/gossip from taking a look at our device over our shoulder, but Samsung has made these protectors no longer necessary, because it has shown us how this technology can be part of the device’s screen itself. The idea is not entirely new, of course. HP has already applied a similar idea in some of its laptops a whopping 10 years ago. He called it Sure View and developed it in collaboration with 3M. That technology effectively allowed the viewing angles of the EliteBook 1040 and 840 to be critically reduced, but the proposal did not seem to work. Image: Samsung. Samsung, however, has gone a step further because this privacy screen can not only be activated and deactivated whenever we want: it can even be activated or deactivated in a personalized way for each application: if you want the privacy screen mode to be activated every time you look at your bank application, you just have to select this option in the settings. The customization of this feature is also extraordinaryand Samsung allows you to adjust it so that it is activated automatically, for example, when we receive notifications, or that the screen also goes into “anti-gossip” mode just when we are entering a PIN for an application. With the function activated, the screen only looks good to those looking at it from the front. This is one of those ideas that show that not everything is invented in the world of technology and that a real practical and everyday improvement as “silly” as this can be much more important and impactful than some AI options that remain fireworks. In fact, here Samsung has surprised us with an innovation that should make apple blush: the Cupertino company does not stop boasting that They are the champions of privacyand although they have certainly traditionally stood out in this section, here Samsung has left them biting the dust. To them and to everyone. Privacy screens have already become one of the clear technological innovations of 2026. Now We just hope that all manufacturers follow the story and end up implementing similar systems on their mobile phones. That may take some time, of course, but today it seems inevitable to think that what Samsung has done is open the door to a wonderful future in which we will be much safer from gossip. Good for Samsung. In Xataka | Image | Xataka with Freepik

Mobile software has become so complex that Samsung has had to add an AI to explain it to you

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There’s a feature in One UI 8.5 that says more than it seems. It’s called, in Samsung’s internal nomenclature, ‘voice settings assistant’: you ask the phone why the screen doesn’t turn off, and it explains which setting is causing it. You ask it why the volume goes down on its own, and it tells you where the setting is that controls it. In it briefing of the Galaxy S26 They mentioned it almost in passing, as a nice detail among bigger and more important news such as the 3 AIs in 1, or the spectacular screen and its privacy mode. But this also deserves some attention. For years, learning to use a cell phone was part of the deal. You scanned the menus, memorized where things were, got used to their quirks, and cursed when you changed brands and couldn’t find anything. The instruction manual disappeared many years ago because it was assumed that phones were already intuitive enough not to need it. And for a while, they have been. The problem is that phones have not stopped growing. Every generation, and I’m looking at both iOS and Android, adds settings, modes, features, and layers of customization. One UI 8.5 brings, in the AI ​​section alone, more than a dozen new functions. The Christmas tree effect: We accumulate things without getting rid of the previous ones and we end up with an unruly mammoth. The operating system of a modern mobile phone has thousands of options spread out in menus that are sometimes where you would expect and sometimes not. And when something behaves unexpectedly, finding the reason can take several minutes of searching or a simple query to Google. Or ChatGPT. Samsung has decided that the solution to this complexity is not to simplify, but add a layer to help you navigate it. The mobile phone no longer expects you to understand it: it explains how it works if you ask it. It is a pragmatic move. Manufacturers have been in a race for years to add functions that justify the annual update, and retracing that path would mean cutting features that some users do use. So the solution is not to remove, but to translate. An AI that acts as a guide within the device itself. Google already has similar functions in pure Android and the Siri that the prophets promised maybe one day it will come. What Samsung does with One UI 8.5 is go a step further: it not only takes you to the setting, but explains why that setting is affecting the behavior that misses you. It’s the difference between giving you directions and explaining the map to you. The question that remains is how far this goes. If the phone needs an AI to explain itself, The next logical step is for that AI to start making decisions for you.: not only explain why the screen does not turn off, but also turn it off when it detects that you are not using it. Some of the agentic upgrades that Samsung has presented in the S26 are already going in that direction. The cell phone that asks you what you want to do and the cell phone that deduces what you want to do are closer than they seem. In Xataka | Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, S26+ and S26, first impressions: a broken heart in an unprecedented commitment to AI Featured image | Xataka

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26+, features, price, technical sheet

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As expected today, Samsung has revealed its flagships for 2026 through its Galaxy Unpacked. In it, in addition to the portentous Galaxy S26 Ultrawe have also learned all the information about the S26 and S26+, which are the terminals we will focus on in this article. Below these lines we tell you all the details. Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26+, technical sheet Galaxy S26 Galaxy S26+ SCREEN 6.3-inch 2X AMOLED panel FullHD+ resolution Refresh from 1 to 120 Hz 6.7-inch 2X AMOLED panel QHD+ resolution Refresh from 1 to 120 Hz DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT 149.6 x 71.7 x 7.2mm 167 grams 158.4 x 75.8 x 7.3mm 190 grams PROCESSOR Exynos 2600 Exynos 2600 RAM 12GB 12GB STORAGE 256GB 512GB 256GB 512GB FRONT CAMERA 12 Mpx f/2.2 12 Mpx f/2.2 REAR CAMERAS Main 50 Mpx f/1.8, OIS 10 Mpx f/2.4 3x telephoto lens 12 Mpx f/2.2 wide angle Main 50 Mpx f/1.8, OIS 10 Mpx f/2.4 3x telephoto lens 12 Mpx f/2.2 wide angle BATTERY 4,300 mAh 25W charging Wireless charging Reverse wireless charging 4,900 mAh 45W charging Wireless charging Reverse wireless charging OPERATING SYSTEM Android 16 One UI 8.5 Android 16 One UI 8.5 CONNECTIVITY 5G Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 5.4 5G Wi-Fi 7 Bluetooth 6.0 OTHERS IP68 certification IP68 certification PRICE From 999 euros From 1,249 euros Conservative design As was the case in past generations, the two most affordable models in the family, the S26 and the S26+, share most of their specifications and are committed to a measured evolution in design to focus their efforts, above all, on performance and artificial intelligence. If you already knew the Galaxy S25the S26 will be visually very familiar. Perhaps the most obvious change in this sense is seen in the camera panel, which this time protrudes from the rear surface of the phone. However, in general terms, the device follows the same trend line that Samsung has applied to its devices in recent generations. As indicated in the technical sheet, the S26 maintains a compact body of 149.6 x 71.7 x 7.2 mm with a weight of 167 grams, while the S26+ grows to 158.4 x 75.8 x 7.3 mm and 190 grams. Both are built with Gorilla glass on both the front (Armor 2) as in the rear (Victory 2), and with certification IP68 which guarantees resistance to dust and water up to 1.5 meters deep for 30 minutes. Screen without surprises As for the screen, the S26 equips a panel LTPO AMOLED 6.3 inches with Full HD+ resolution and adaptive refresh rate of up to 120 Hz. That is, identical panel to the last generation. The S26+, for its part, has a 6.7-inch screen with QHD+ resolution and the same LTPO technology, also without surprises. Both panels reach a maximum brightness of 2,600 nits, and have HDR10+ compatibility. Samsung returns to the Exynos in Europe Here comes one of the most relevant points of this generation. Depending on the market, the Galaxy S26 and S26+ will have one or another processor under the hood, something they used to do until not long ago (the S24 already had this same two-chip strategy for different markets). In most international markets the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5that is, Qualcomm’s top processor to date, while here in Europe (and it is known that also for India and the Middle East), Samsung will bet on its own chiphe Exynos 2600. We already know the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 from other phones, but this time it is optimized specifically for the Galaxy and integrates an eight-core CPU with two high-performance cores at 4.74 GHz and six efficiency cores at 3.62 GHz, accompanied by the Adreno 840 GPU. The Exynos 2600, for its part, uses a ten-core architecture with frequencies of up to 3.80 GHz and the Xclipse 960 GPU. We will have to wait to test it in depth in our analysis to draw conclusions. Both terminals arrive with 12 GB of RAM (the thing is not right now for more) and internal storage options of 256 GB or 512 GB. Cameras: unchanged hardware, but now with AI The rear camera system is identical on the S26 and S26+. Both have: A 50 MP main sensor (f/1.8, 24 mm equivalent focal length, 1/1.56″ sensor, dual-pixel PDAF and OIS). A 10 MP telephoto lens with 3x optical zoom (f/2.4, 67 mm, OIS). A 12 MP wide-angle camera with a 120-degree viewing angle (f/2.2, 13 mm, Super Steady video). Front camera with 12 MP sensor (f/2.2, 26 mm, dual pixel PDAF). In video, the terminals are capable of recording up to 8K at 24 or 30 frames per second, 4K at 30/60 fps and Full HD at up to 240 fps. All with support for 10-bit HDR and HDR10+. The great novelty in photography is not so much in the hardware, which remains practically the same as the previous generationbut in how artificial intelligence intervenes in the process. And Samsung’s new camera application will integrate conversational AI, so that the user will be able to ask the assistant to configure the framing, the shooting mode or even edit the photos using voice or text commands. Something similar to what Google introduced with the Pixel 10. In addition to this, there is the EdgeFusion function, which allows you to generate images with AI practically instantly and completely locally, without the need for an internet connection. AI takes over software even more As expected, the Galaxy S26 and S26+ arrive with Android 16 pre-installed and customization layer One UI 8.5. In addition to touches on visuals and usability, it is worth noting that Samsung has continued further expanding its focus on AImaking their devices the most complete in this area. In case you had forgotten, Bixby is still valid on these phones as a central assistant. Samsung promises deeper integration into native apps and greater understanding of natural language. The most striking novelty in this section is ‘Now Nudge’: the system detect the context of what … Read more

This is how it compares to its rivals in price from POCO, Xiaomi and Samsung

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Yesterday, Google presented its new economical mobile phone, the Google Pixel 10a and whose greatest bet is photography. Available from 549 euroshas several competitors in the market who will try to tread on an almost guaranteed ground of success (seeing the popularity that Google mobile phones have been acquiring for a few years). Among them are the Xiaomi 15The Poco F8 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE. If you have questions about which of these mid-range mobiles but with top features is better for you, we are going to compare them in some of their functionalities, so that you can make the right decision. The price could vary. We earn commission from these links Pixel 10a vs Xiaomi 15T, Poco F8 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, at a glance Google pixel 10a xiaomi 15t Poco f8 pro samsung galaxy s25 fe screen 6.3″ OLED 120 Hz, 2700 nits 6.83″ AMOLED 3200 nits 6.59″ AMOLED 3500 nits 6.7″ Dynamic AMOLED 1900 nits processor Google Tensor G4 MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra Snapdragon 8 Elite Samsung Exynos 2400 photographic system Dual main 48 MP + ultra Triple with 2x TV Triple with strong main sensor Triple with 3x TV BATTERY 5100mAh 5500mAh 6210mAh ~4900mAh PRICE From 549 euros From 499 euros From 519.99 euros From 544 euros 10 GOOGLE APPS THAT COULD HAVE SUCCESSFUL How are all these phones different? Design and screen Although today there are few brands that innovate in terms of the design of their terminals (see the case of Nothing) it is true that among all these models you can see design differences that can make you opt for one or another smartphone. The Google Pixel 10a is a mobile phone with a very flat and minimalist design, with a 6.3 inch compact size which makes it a perfect option to hold with one hand. On the other hand, the Xiaomi 15T has a 6.8-inch screen, for those looking for a greater sense of immersion, especially when watching multimedia content. For its part, the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro has a 6.59-inch screen and also has a slightly larger design than the Pixel 10a, although its edges are soft; Yes, the plastic finish does not give it the feel of a premium mobile. Finally, from the design of the Samsung Galaxy S25 FE, it can be noted that it also has a large 6.7-inch screen and a more refined and premium design than the other models. Your photography system The Google Pixel 10a was born with the intention of offering a excellent photography experience within the mid-range. Of this model, we can highlight its own photo app, with AI that considerably improves your photos. Its main lens is 48 MP accompanied by a 13 MP ultra wide angle lens. Although yes, it does not have a dedicated telephoto like its older brothers. Compared to the Google model, the Xiaomi 15T offers greater versatility in photography, thanks to its triple rear camera. Plus, they are made by Leica, so you can get more artistic photos. As for the Poco F8 Pro, it incorporates a telephoto and offers 8K recording, although the Pixel surpasses it in color balance and night processing. Finally, the Samsung model presents a more advanced photographic system than Google’s, thanks to its 3x optical telephoto, which gives us greater flexibility when taking photos from a distance. Battery and charging The Google Pixel 10a battery has a average capacity of 5,100 mAh and provides autonomy for a full day using navigation, social networks and spending time on video and photos. Of course, you should know that this group of phones is not the largest battery. The Xiaomi 15T has a capacity of 5,500 mAh, so its autonomy is superior even in intensive use. Regarding the Samsung model, its battery capacity is about 5,000 mAh (4,900 mAh according to its technical sheet), so the results are very similar to those of the Google Pixel 10a, although it may become more efficient thanks to Samsung’s optimization. Finally, the big winner in terms of battery is the Xiaomi Poco F8 Pro, with a capacity of 6,200 mAh, giving us more than enough autonomy even if you use the phone for gaming. All of these smartphones offer fast charging, although it is different in each of them. The Pixel 10a supports wired charging up to 45W, thus improving on its predecessors and charging it in half in about 30 minutes. The Xiaomi model supports it up to 90 W and charges to 100% in 50 minutes. For its part, the Poco F8 Pro supports fast charging of up to 100W, which makes it possible to fully charge it in about 37 minutes. Finally, the Samsung phone is fully charged in about an hour. Their brains are different too The processor is the brain of a mobile phone and in this group of phones, each one has a different one. The Google Pixel 10a has the Google Tensor G4whose main strength is its optimization of Artificial intelligence and good daily performance, although it is not the most powerful or the best for gaming. A MediaTek Dimensity 8400 Ultra is the processor of the Xiaomi 15T, which is perfect for multitasking and demanding appsalthough it is true that it gets hot in very intense sessions and is not as efficient as Google’s for use with AI. The most powerful processor on the list is the Snapdragon 8 Elite that the Poco F8 Pro has, which is ideal for powerful games and very demanding tasks, although it may be more than necessary for users who do not need that extra power. Finally, the Samsung mobile has a Exynos 2400which provides a good balance in general, although it is not so good for demanding gaming. Operating system and updates The new Google Pixel 10a comes with Android 16 pure and receive updates for seven years. Without a doubt, it is the champion of Android updates, becoming the phone par excellence for those who want … Read more

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