Samsung
Galaxy S26
9.0overall scoreFrom £580 · 13 offers · 1 retailer
Samsung's compact 2026 flagship with a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and a 4300mAh battery.
In plain English
An outstanding all-round phone that is strongest for camera quality, screen quality and value for money. It suits anyone who takes a lot of photos. Nothing stands out as a weak point across the categories we score.
Written automatically from our category scores below.
Our scores
Scored out of 10 using the same categories for every phone we track.
Camera9.0
Battery8.2
Performance9.6
Display9.3
Gaming9.4
AI features9.1
Software support9.3
Value8.1
Display & performance
- Screen size
- 6.3"
- Display type
- Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X
- Refresh rate
- 120Hz
- Processor
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- RAM
- 12GB
- Storage
- 256GB
- Operating system
- Android
Cameras, battery & build
- Main camera
- 50MP
- Ultrawide
- 12MP
- Telephoto
- 10MP
- Front camera
- 12MP
- Battery
- 4300 mAh
- Charging
- 25W wired
- Wireless charging
- Yes
- Water resistance
- IP68
- Weight
- 167g
- 5G
- Yes
- eSIM
- Yes
- Released
- 2026-03-06