TechGadgetsNewsSamsung raised prices on the Galaxy S26 by $100The Galaxy S26 lineup is jumping on this year’s biggest smartphone trend: $100 price hikes.The Galaxy S26 lineup is jumping on this year’s biggest smartphone trend: $100 price hikes.by Stevie BonifieldOct 1, 2026, 1:17 PM UTCShareGiftIf you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement.Photo: Dominic Preston / The VergePart OfRAM price hikes: the latest on the global memory shortagesee all updates Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.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 have also raised prices on their phones this year.Nearly every phone in the S26 lineup is $100 pricier on Samsung’s official website now, and the 1TB version of the S26 Ultra went up by even more with a $200 price hike:Galaxy S26 (256GB): $999, was $899Galaxy S26 (512GB): $1,199, was $1,099Galaxy S26 Plus (256GB): $1,199, was $1,099Galaxy S26 Plus (512GB): $1,399, was $1,299Galaxy S26 Ultra (256GB): $1,399, was $1,299Galaxy S26 Ultra (512GB): $1,599, was $1,499Galaxy S26 Ultra (1TB): $1,999, was $1,799The S26 FE is the only S26 phone that appears unscathed by this price hike. It still starts at $699, although that price is also higher than the S25 FE’s, despite being, as The Verge’s Dominic Preston put it, essentially “the same phone as last year’s.”Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Stevie BonifieldGadgetsMobileNewsPhonesSamsungTech2GB Raspberry Pis are getting pricier.Jess WeatherbedTwo hours agoAcer’s CEO expects PC prices to come down… eventually.TC SottekSep 22AMD also has a rumored 10 percent price hike coming.Stevie BonifieldSep 18Most PopularApple’s ‘HomePad’ will reportedly launch on October 13thThe AI Tamagotchis are comingThe Sonos Ace Ultra are the headphones Sonos should have made the first timeFrom the desk of: Chris MacFarlandAmazon’s new Fire TV Stick 4K can pull power directly from your TVAdvertiser Content FromThis is the title for the native ad
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