Samsung Galaxy S26
Light Android phone with zoom
$999.99Checked November 1, 2026
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My short take
At 167 g with a 3x telephoto it's the lightest phone in this list, and GSMArena measured 15.33 hours of active use. GSMArena also calls it a very minor upgrade over the Galaxy S25 with charging that lags competitors, so I'd skip it if you own an S25.
The specs
- Screen
- 6.3 in
- Weight
- 167 g
- Battery
- 4,300 mAh
- Wired charging
- 25 W
- Chip
- Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (US)
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Base storage
- 256 GB
- Main camera
- 50 MP
- Camera tier, my rating
- 2
- Water rating
- IP68
- Update years
- 7
- Telephoto zoom
- 3 x
- Battery test
- 15 h 20 min (GSMArena active-use score)
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