Samsung Galaxy A26 5G vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Mar 01, 2025	Feb 25, 2026
Prices (MSRP)
6GB/128GB - $299	12GB/256GB - $1300 12GB/512GB - $1500 16GB/1TB - $1800

Design

Dimensions
6.46 x 3.05 x 0.30 inches (~0.38 inches with camera bump) 164 x 77.5 x 7.7 mm (~9.7 mm with camera bump)	6.44 x 3.07 x 0.31 inches (~0.39 inches with camera bump) 163.6 x 78.1 x 7.9 mm (~10 mm with camera bump)
Weight
7.05 oz / 200.0 g	7.55 oz / 214.0 g
Materials
Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+) Frame: Plastic	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass Armor 2) Frame: Aluminum
Resistance
Water, Dust; IP67	Water, Dust; IP68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	Ultrasonic in-screen fingerprint
Features
	Stylus
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key
Colors
Black, White, Mint, Peach Pink	Cobalt Violet, Sky Blue, Black, White, Silver Shadow, Pink Gold

Display

Size
6.7-inch, 85.26% screen-to-body	6.9-inch, 90.30% screen-to-body
Type
Super AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR	Dynamic AMOLED, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits
Resolution
2400x1080px, 20:9 ratio, 393 PPI	3120x1440px, 19.5:9 ratio, 498 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+	Corning Gorilla Glass Armor 2

PhoneArena Display Test

Bright Max (20% APL)
1083 (Average)	2420 (Excellent)
Bright Min
1.7 (Good)	0.8 (Excellent)

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Hardware

System chip
Exynos 1380 (5 nm)	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy SM8850-1-AD (3 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2x2.4GHz Cortex-A78 6x2.0G​Hz Cortex-A55	Octa-core 2x4.74GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix L 6x3.63GHz Oryon V3 Phoenix M
GPU
Mali-G68	Adreno 840
Memory
6GB (LPDDR4X)/128GB (UFS) 8GB/128GB 8GB/256GB	12GB (LPDDR5X)/256GB (UFS 4.0) 12GB/512GB 16GB/1024GB
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 1024 GB	not expandable
OS
Android (15)	Android (16), up to 7 OS updates

PhoneArena Performance Test

GeekBench 6 Single
1013	3753
GeekBench 6 Multi
2821	11259
3D Mark High
796	7801
3D Mark Low
789	3741

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Battery

Type
5000 mAh, Li - Ion	5000 mAh, Li - Ion
Charging
Fast charging	USB Power Delivery Qi2 wireless charging, Reverse wireless charging
Charge speed
Wired: 25.0W	Wired: 60.0W Wireless: 15.0W

PhoneArena Battery Tests

Battery Life Estimate

5h 21min

Browsing

11h 14min

Video

9h 19min

Gaming

5h 9min

Battery Life Estimate

7h 35min

Browsing

20h 10min

Video

9h 54min

Gaming

9h 17min

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Camera

Rear
Triple camera	Quad camera
Main camera
50 MP (OIS, Autofocus) Aperture size: F1.8 Focal length: 27 mm Sensor size: 1/2.76" Pixel size: 0.64 μm	200 MP (OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung ISOCELL HP2 Aperture size: F1.4 Focal length: 23 mm Sensor size: 1/1.3" Pixel size: 0.6 μm
Second camera
8 MP (Ultra-wide) Aperture size: F2.2 Sensor size: 1/1.4" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	50 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Sensor name: Samsung JN3 Aperture size: F1.9 Sensor size: 1/2.5" Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Third camera
2 MP (Macro) Aperture size: F2.4	10 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX754 Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/3.94" Pixel size: 1.12 μm
Fourth camera
	50 MP (Telephoto, Periscope, OIS, PDAF) Sensor name: Sony IMX854 Optical zoom: 5.0x Aperture size: F2.9 Focal Length: 115 mm Sensor size: 1/2.52" Pixel size: 0.7 μm
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
4K UHD (30 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording	8K UHD (30 fps), 4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) HDR, Continuous autofocus, Picture-taking during video recording
Front
13 MP Video capture: 1080p (30 fps)	12 MP (PDAF, HDR) Video capture: 4K UHD (60 fps)

PhoneArena Camera Tests

122

Overall

127

Photo

117

Video

157

Overall

165

Photo

149

Video

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Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.3	6.0
WLAN
Yes Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac	Wi-Fi 6,Wi-Fi 6E,Wi-Fi 7 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.2
Sensors
Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Barometer, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Hearing aid compatible
	M3/T4
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC	NFC, Ultra Wideband (UWB)

Multimedia

Headphones
No 3.5mm jack	No 3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Multiple speakers	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
	32-Bit DAC, aptX, aptX-HD

Cellular

5G Bands
n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n12, n13, n20, n28, n38, n40, n41, n66, SA, NSA, Sub-6	n1, n2, n5, n7, n25, n28, n41, n66, n71, n77, n78, n257, n258, n260, n261, SA, NSA, Sub-6, mmWave
LTE Bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 20, 26, 28, 66	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 66, 71
TDD Bands
38, 40, 41	38, 39, 40, 41, 48
3G Bands
1, 2, 4, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 8
Data Speed
LTE-A Pro Cat 18 (1200/150 Mbit/s)	LTE-A Pro Cat 20 (2000/150 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s
SIM type
Dual Nano SIM	Nano SIM, eSIM

Alternative variants

With 8GB RAM

Memory	8GB

With 8GB RAM and 256GB internal storage

Memory	8GB/256GB

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