That’s not to say that Samsung isn’t feeling the squeeze when it comes to memory pricing; Quandt’s post says that the company is absorbing increased materials costs to launch the S26 series at similar price points to the S25. He goes on to say we shouldn’t expect free pre-order upgrades for the S26 series, however (you could nab the 512GB Galaxy S25 Ultra for the same $1,299 as the 256-gig model during its launch window).
S26: base models are pretty much the same price as last year, except for Ultra, which is ~100 Euro cheaper for 256 and 512GB S26U 1TB is the same as last year prices are changing in different ways. overall Samsung is “eating” the higher mem cost in most cases !no free preorder upgrades expected January 28, 2026 at 8:51 AM — Roland Quandt ( @rquandt.bsky.social