
The cost of flagship devices has increased without an official announcement from the company
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Previously, smartphones of the Galaxy S26 series have already risen in price in India, South Korea and the USA.
Samsung Corporation has increased the price of Galaxy S26 series smartphones in some European countries. The authors of the blog Sammy Fans drew attention to this.
The company did not officially announce this. However, enthusiasts noticed that prices for devices have changed on the official Samsung website in some European regions. Thus, the Galaxy S26 with a basic storage of 256 gigabytes now costs 1,100 euros (104 thousand rubles), Galaxy S26+ - 1,350 euros (127 thousand rubles), Galaxy S26 Ultra - 1,550 euros (146 thousand rubles).
The authors of Sammy Fans have calculated that the starting model of the Galaxy S26 series and the Galaxy S26+ with a larger display have risen in price by about 100 euros (9.4 thousand rubles). The cost of the Galaxy S26 Ultra with a 1 terabyte drive has increased the most. So, in the Netherlands, the model was previously sold for 1,749 euros (165 thousand rubles), and now costs 2,149 euros (202 thousand rubles) - about 400 euros (38 thousand rubles) more.
Experts suggested that Samsung is revising prices due to the rising costs of RAM, flash memory and processors. The material states that earlier smartphones of the Galaxy S26 series have already risen in price in India, South Korea and the USA. In conclusion, the authors of the profile blog predicted that the next region where prices for Samsung smartphones will be revised will be the Middle East.
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