It has been simply a few weeks because the first reductions for the Galaxy S26 sequence and now we’re seeing even greater worth cuts. In the meantime, the Galaxy A57 and A37 launched earlier this week, however the Poco sequence is providing some stiff competitors to each A and S telephones.
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Extremely with 512GB storage is now €1,185, which is €45 lower than it was two weeks in the past. Since then, we now have printed a comparability with the S25 Extremely and an S26 Extremely vs. iPhone 17 Professional Max article.
The Samsung Galaxy S26+ was absent from the earlier worth drop, however it’s not lacking this one. The 512GB mannequin has a much bigger low cost, so the standard €200 hole between it and the 256GB mannequin has shrunk in half.
The Samsung Galaxy S26 now begins at €800, however the 512GB mannequin is pretty dear at €1,000 – this identical 512GB mannequin was simply €870 two weeks in the past. That was a greater deal, so except you want a brand new telephone now or you’re nice with 256GB storage, we’d advise you to attend a few weeks.
As we talked about, the Samsung Galaxy A57 and A37 can be found as of this week. Their 256GB fashions are discounted to the worth of the 128GB variations, so it’s a free storage improve in a manner. For the Galaxy A37 it’s even higher because you get 2 further gigs of RAM.
In contrast to final yr, the Galaxy S26 and S26+ use Exynos chips – when you’d somewhat have a Snapdragon, you may get the S26 Extremely or considered one of these Pocos.
The Poco F8 Extremely is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and a 6,500mAh battery (100W wired, 50W wi-fi charging). It has a 6.9” show (OLED, Dolby Imaginative and prescient) and a triple 50MP digital camera – 1/1.31” major, 5x/115mm periscope and 102° ultra-wide.
The Poco F8 Professional is a bit smaller with a 6.69” show (OLED, Dolby Imaginative and prescient) and makes use of the older quick Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, plus a 6,210mAh battery (100W wired-only charging). Its cameras are much less succesful however nonetheless fairly good – there’s a 50MP 1/1.56” major, 50MP 2.5x/60mm telephoto and 8MP 120° ultra-wide.
The Poco F7 is a bit older and whereas it doesn’t have a flagship-grade chipset, it has the following smartest thing – a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. There’s additionally the big 6,500mAh battery (90W wired-only charging) and a 6.83” show (OLED, Dolby Imaginative and prescient). The digital camera setup is pretty primary (50MP 1/1.95” major, 8MP ultra-wide), however it does properly for itself. This can be a lot of {hardware} for €310 – did we point out the aluminum body? Samsung would cost you €220 extra for an A57.
In the identical vein, there may be the Xiaomi Redmi 15. It’s not a high-end telephone by any means – the digital camera particularly – however for €150 you get a 6.9” 1080p+ show (144Hz IPS LCD) and an enormous 7,000mAh battery (33W charging). This can be a 5G telephone powered by the Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 and has expandable storage (however no headphone jack).
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