At MWC 2025, Samsung unveiled three new devices, the Galaxy A26, A36 and A56. These are its latest A series devices which are normally mid range units. Over the years, the Galaxy A series devices have been criticised for being too expensive compared to phones offered by some of the popular Chinese manufacturers such as Xiaomi and vivo.
Even with the criticism, Samsung is still committed to this series and that is where we get the three new phones. The company has made some upgrades with the processor as the A56 is powered by a Snapdragon chip and not MediaTek or Exynos.
Samsung Galaxy A26 Specifications
This is the cheapest of the three and is powered by the Exynos 1380 processor, the same one the company used on the A25 last year. It has 6 or 8GB and 128 or 256 GB of storage.
Here is a look at some of the other key specs:
- Display: 6.7 inches, Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1080 x 2340 pixels.
- Chipset: Exynos 1380 (5 nm).
- Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)
- GPU: Mali-G68 MP5
- OS: Android 15, OneUI 7
- RAM: 6/8 GB
- Storage: 128/256 GB
- Main Camera: 50 MP (wide) + 8 MP (ultrawide) + 2 MP (macro)
- Video Recording: Up to 4K@30fps
- Selfie Camera: 13 MP (wide), video recording 1080p@30fps
- Battery: 5000 mAh, 25W wired charging
Samsung Galaxy A36 Specifications
- Display: 6.7 inches, Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1080 x 2340 pixels.
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (4 nm).
- Octa-core (4×2.4 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.8 GHz Cortex-A55)
- GPU: Adreno 710
- OS: Android 15, OneUI 7
- RAM: 6/8/12 GB
- Storage: 128/256 GB
- Main Camera: 50 MP (wide) + 8 MP (ultrawide) + 5 MP (macro)
- Video Recording: Up to 4K@30fps
- Selfie Camera: 12 MP (wide), video recording 1080p@30fps
- Battery: 5000 mAh, 45W wired charging
Samsung Galaxy A56 Specifications
- Display: 6.7 inches, Super AMOLED, 120Hz, 1080 x 2340 pixels.
- CPU: Exynos 1580
- Octa-core (1×2.9 GHz & 3×2.6 GHz & 4×1.9 GHz)
- GPU: Xclipse 540
- OS: Android 15, OneUI 7
- RAM: 8/12 GB
- Storage: 128/256 GB
- Main Camera: 50 MP (wide) + 12 MP (ultrawide) + 5 MP (macro)
- Video Recording: Up to 4K@30fps
- Selfie Camera: 12 MP (wide), video recording 1080p@30fps
- Battery: 5000 mAh, 45W wired charging
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