The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra launched at $1,300 for a 256GB unit – the same price as the S25 Ultra the year before. The 512GB model was a bit more expensive at $1,500, but rising component costs forced Samsung to raise prices, so now the base model costs $1,400 and the version with 512GB storage is $1,600.
But you don’t have to pay those prices – it’s the last day of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days, so you can get Samsung’s non-foldable flagship with a 30% discount. You will need an active Prime subscription, but you can use the free trial. The savings of $420 will more than pay for a year of Prime.
The S26 Ultra is the first Galaxy phone with 60W charging and gets a full charge in 43 minutes – the Z Fold8 Ultra uses the more conservative 45W standard and needs 60 minutes. Both phones use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chipset. The S26 Ultra offers a 6.9” display with S Pen support and Privacy Display mode.
The Z Fold8 Ultra starts at $1,700 after a 19% Prime discount. We posted a Galaxy S26 Ultra vs. iPhone 18 Pro Max article and compared the S26 Ultra against its predecessor for people doing yearly upgrades.
Source: GSMArena · Summarized by HeadlinesBriefing