- Samsung announced pre-order benefits for the Galaxy S26 series
- In the UK and other European countries, this includes the ability to double your storage space for free.
- However, this particular benefit is currently not listed in the United States or Australia.
Rising memory prices are a real worry for this year’s smartphones, as costs are expected to rise, and in turn there were doubts about whether Samsung would offer its usual dual storage pre-order benefit. But we now know the company will – at least in some regions, and with some caveats.
The company now lets you register your interest in the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 series, and if you’re in the UK (or many other parts of Europe), the registration page mentions that you can get 512GB of storage for the price of 256GB if you pre-order, as well as a £30 voucher and the chance to win a £500 voucher.
It doesn’t mention a specific model for the storage upgrade, so this likely applies to the Samsung Galaxy S26, Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. And since there’s no talk of doubling the capacity from 128GB to 256GB, that suggests the Samsung Galaxy S26 will ditch its predecessor’s 128GB capacity and start at 256GB, as rumored.
However, while the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra almost certainly hits 1TB, there’s also no mention that you’ll be able to double your storage from 512GB to 1TB, so you might not be able to do that.
Not available everywhere
The biggest problem is that so far the US and Australian registration pages make no mention of this benefit. In the US, for example, the page says you can get a $30 Samsung credit, up to $900 in additional savings if you trade in a device, and a chance to win $5,000. In Australia, you will receive a AU$50 voucher and the chance to win one of 26 “Galaxy prizes”.
So it could be that Samsung isn’t offering dual storage in all regions this year, or maybe it hasn’t announced this benefit for some regions yet.
Hopefully it’s the latter, because while prices aren’t confirmed yet, these will definitely be expensive phones. But the company doesn’t have long to announce this benefit elsewhere, as the Samsung Galaxy S26 series is announced on February 25, which is about a week away at the time of writing.
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