Samsung Electronics raises Galaxy S26 smartphone prices, Yonhap reports
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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…
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SEOUL, Oct 1 : Samsung Electronics has raised the prices of its flagship Galaxy S26 smartphones amid rising memory chip prices, the Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday. • The South Korean smartphone maker raised the domestic price of its Galaxy S26 base model by 149,600 won to 1,403,600 won ($1,029.94)
Samsung Electronics has raised the prices of the Galaxy S26 series and Galaxy Tab S11 due to cost burdens resulting from soaring memory semiconductor prices. The price increase has extended to include not only high-capacity models but also standard capacity models, demonstrating that the semiconductor supply shortage caused by the growth of the AI industry is driving price increases across the entire smartphone market.
Samsung raised prices again for almost all Galaxy S26s in the United States: the base model of 256 GB went up to USD $999 and the Ultra of 1 TB increased USD $200. The increases add up to the prices with which the family reached the market at the beginning of the year, in a context that the company partially linked to the price of RAM.
Samsung has increased the prices of its premium smartphone lineup, the Galaxy S26, S26 Plus, and S26 Ultra. The company has officially introduced the price hike in the US and South Korean markets due to the global shortage of memory chips. A...
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