This week, Amazon UK is offering vouchers to reduce the prices of the 512GB variants of the three Galaxy S26 phones.
But first there’s an interesting situation: Google Pixel 10 costs the same as the Galaxy S25. Look carefully, though: this is for a 256GB Pixel, and only for a 128GB Galaxy. Of course, the Galaxy S25 is last year’s model and is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Elite. This still easily beats Google’s Tensor G5.
The Galaxy S25’s replacement, the Galaxy S26, uses an Exynos 2600. By the way, the S26 has a huge discount of £270 in total, which is a mix of a £170 price cut and a £100 voucher. As noted above, this is a 12/512GB drive, which makes the older S25 a tough sell, even if you really prefer Snapdragon to Exynos.
For £70 more you get double the storage, a newer chipset, a slightly larger screen and a noticeably bigger battery – 4,300mAh versus 4,000mAh. In terms of active usage score, you’re looking at 15:20 versus 13:09. Most other things are the same, including the cameras and charging situation (25W wired, 15W wireless, no magnets – not in the phone, anyway).
Then there’s the Samsung Galaxy S26+ – this one only has a £100 voucher. Again, it costs double the price of an S25 FE.
Yes, this is for a 512GB S26+ versus a 256GB Galaxy S25 FE. Worse, the FE has an older chipset (Exynos 2400 vs 2600) and a lower resolution 6.7″ display (1080p+ vs 1440p+, both LTPO). But are the S26+ upgrades really worth double the money?
There’s also the OnePlus 15R to consider, which costs the same as the S25 FE. It uses Qualcomm’s second flagship chip this year, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, and has a 6.83″ 1272p+ display. The battery is huge at 7,400 mAh: the active usage score of 21:36 hours beats the S26+ (16:25 hours) and crushes the S25 FE (which managed a modest 11:57 hours). Charging is wired only to 80W
The biggest downside to the 15R is that there’s no telephoto lens, not even a basic one like the 8MP 3x or 10MP 3x on the S25 FE and S26+ respectively.
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra also has a £100 voucher. This features the unique Privacy display and a proper set of cameras, although they’re basically the same as the S25 Ultra cameras. Check out our article S25 Ultra vs. S26 Ultra for important differences.
There are other things to consider too, like the faster 60W charging, which made a difference in our tests. We also have a Galaxy S26 Ultra vs iPhone 17 Pro Max article, if you’re coming from the Apple side.
We will also publish an S26 vs. article in the future. Pixel 10 Pro XL. Speaking of which, the Pixel 10 Pro XL has some big discounts and comes in at around £300 less than the Galaxy S26 Ultra (looking at 512GB of storage). The S26 Ultra uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 in Europe too, which leaves Google’s Tensor G5 in the dust.
However, the OnePlus 15 also uses the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and is much cheaper than both – a 512GB model costs £250 less than the Pixel and a whopping £580 less than the Galaxy. Without Hasselblad to back it up, the 50MP triple camera isn’t as good as it could have been. In fact, we liked the OnePlus 13’s cameras better. However, the 7,300 mAh battery achieved an impressive active usage score of 11.07pm and supports both 120W wired and 50W wireless charging.
We conclude with the Samsung Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37, launched this week. Amazon is offering £50 off at checkout and includes a free pair of Galaxy Buds3 FE. The buds are nice and all, but take another look at the prices of the Galaxy S25 FE and OnePlus 15R before committing to an A57 or A37.
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