- Samsung has announced pre-order perks for the Galaxy S26 series
- In the UK and other parts of Europe this includes the ability to double your storage for free
- However, this particular perk isn’t currently listed in the US or Australia
Rising memory prices are a real worry for this year’s smartphones, as it’s expected that costs will climb, and in turn, there was some doubt over whether Samsung would offer its usual pre-order perk of double storage. But we now know that 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, along with a £30 voucher and the chance to win a £500 voucher.
It doesn’t mention a specific model for the storage upgrade, so presumably this applies to the Samsung Galaxy S26, Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. And since there’s no mention of doubling 128GB to 256GB, that suggests the Samsung Galaxy S26 will ditch its predecessor’s 128GB capacity and start at 256GB, as has been rumored.
However, despite the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra almost certainly topping out at 1TB, there’s also no mention of being able to double your storage from 512GB to 1TB, so you might not be able to do that.
Not available everywhere
The bigger concern though is that so far the US and Australian registration pages make no mention of this perk. In the US for example, the page says you can get a $30 Samsung credit, up to $900 of additional savings if you trade in a device, and a chance to win $5,000. In Australia, you’ll get an AU$50 voucher and the chance to win one of 26 “Galaxy prizes”.
So it might be that Samsung won’t offer double storage in every region this year, or perhaps it’s just yet to announce this perk for some regions.
Hopefully it’s the latter, because while prices aren’t yet confirmed these are sure to be expensive phones. But the company doesn’t have long to announce this perk elsewhere, as the Samsung Galaxy S26 series is being announced on February 25 — so in roughly a week at the time of writing.
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