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Samsung Galaxy A26 5G Features, Prices
May 11, 2025
Samsung Galaxy A26 5G is an interesting budget Android smartphone that should excite budget shoppers. Watch this video for the biggest upgrades, features that have stayed the same, and also some small downgrades. Don't forget to follow my channel. Thanks. ➡️ Samsung Galaxy A26 5G – Specifications in Summary: https://factoryunlocked.blog/samsung-galaxy-a26-5g-specifications/ #samsunggalaxya26 #samsunga26 #samsunggalaxya265g #galaxya26 #galqxya265g
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the budget end of the smartphone market
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is where a lot of sales are made every
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year and the Samsung Galaxy a26 5G sits
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in that sweet spot if you loved the
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Samsung Galaxy A35 from last year you
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are going to love the a26 because it
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carries over some of the features from
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that higher end model down to this price
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point this yeah come with
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[Music]
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me here's the deal with the Galaxy a26
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5G it has some really exciting and
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interesting specs and features that are
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making an appearance at this price
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point and it sounds like a good deal
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there are six major upgrades that the
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Galaxy a26 5G bring with it there are
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some features that have stayed the same
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and there are a few downgrades that you
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may or may not be able to swallow but
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overall I think it's a good package but
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I'm getting ahead of myself let me share
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the details with
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you the first big upgrade to the Samsung
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Galaxy a26 5G is the a
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processor its predecessor was sped by
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the exos 1280 chipset the Galaxy a26 5G
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comes to the table with an exos
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1380
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chipset but with an
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exception for some
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reason Samsung is equipping the Galaxy
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a26
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5G with the same processor from last
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year with the same chipset from last
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year to the Latin American
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Market what do I mean it means
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everywhere else in the world we get the
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Galaxy a26 5G with an exus 1380 chipset
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but in Latin America they get it with an
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exus 1280 chipset why does anybody know
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why I don't understand
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that the next big upgrade is that the
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Galaxy a26 5G has
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IP67 water and dust protection IP67 is
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just one notch below ip68 which most
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flagships have so having
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IP67 dust and water protection at this
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price point yay it's it's
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big most other phones in this price
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point from the competition have IP 54 IP
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64 but the Galaxy a26 having
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IP67 thumbs up
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Samsung but that's not all there is to
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protection of the Galaxy a26 5G Samsung
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has slapped Gorilla Glass Victor Plus on
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the front display and has slapped
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Gorilla Glass Victor Plus on the back
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the back is also made of glass so
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there's glass in front there's glass at
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the back a glass back for a phone in
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this price point is also an interesting
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proposition it's a
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rarity most phones in this price point
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or at this price point have plastic bags
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having a glass b means that you're
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holding in your hands a budget
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smartphone but it feels like a more
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premium
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device good one good one there oh of
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course the frame is still
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plastic don't push your lock hoping for
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a metal frame at this price point maybe
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next year maybe the year after Samsung
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might make it happen who knows you know
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with the trajectory of things in the
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industry higher end features keep
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dripping down to lower end devices so
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maybe one day we will have buget
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smartphones with Metal Frames and all
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that on to the next big upgrade
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big little but big the thickness the
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thickness of the Galaxy a26
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5G has been slimed down further from 8
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mm in its predecessor to 7.7 mm in this
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model you're talking about a budget
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smartphone that is this thing I love
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thin phones they feel better in the hand
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it's better usability I wish that the
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Galax a26 5G were also shorter and not
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so wide but I'll take the
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thinness I think
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this
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now this is 2025 and everybody's talking
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about ai ai ai what's a smartphone in
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2025 without AI so Samsung has added
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some more AI features to the Samsung
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Galaxy a26 5G apart from the set of
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features that had come with its produc
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so Samsung has added CLE to search ccle
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to search is a feature that has been
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seen in the premium Flagship models of
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Samsung phones for a few years now and
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finally it has trickled down to the
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budget level where we have a $300
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smartphone having ccle to search there's
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also AI create fi
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pretty much using AI to create whatever
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you can fancy and imagine in your head
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filters for your images and for your
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photos now let's move on to perhaps the
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biggest upgrade that has come to Samsung
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Galaxy a26 5G 6 years 6 years of major
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Android updates and security
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purchese that means if you buy the
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Samsung Galaxy a20 6 5G which is
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launching with one ui7 and Android
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15 you are going to get software updates
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all the way to
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2031
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2032 getting software updates all the
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way to 2021 is a big deal on a phone in
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this price segment most competing phones
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in the market from different
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manufacturers come with a promise of 2
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years software
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updates as a matter of fact many
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Flagship phones from other phone
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manufacturers do a maximum of two years
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software updates getting a $300
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smartphone that enjoys sixe software
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updates is a massive win it's a massive
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win as long as you can keep your
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Hardware in good shape you're good
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you're good for the next 6 years so this
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is is a good one it's a solid
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one of course I have mentioned that it
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launches with one ui7 everyone who has
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handled one ui7 swears by it it's the
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smoothest thing since but a smooth
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buttery sweet graphical user interface
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is good news at the
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budget and entry level of the market a
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budget device like this hopefully one
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ui7 runs you know beautifully well on
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it now that we are done with the major
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upgrades let's look at a few minor
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upgrades shall we the display has grown
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from 6.5 in to 6.7 in it's not big but
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you will notice it you will notice it
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because Samsung Galaxy a26 is
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taller and it is wider but like I
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mentioned earlier it's
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thinner but you got a bigger display
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what are you going to do about it of
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course it's a super amulet display and
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there's 120 HZ refresh rate as well next
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I have mentioned that it's taller it's
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wider but it's thinner those are some
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other minor changes that have come to
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this line to this product line it has
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also become heavier but thankfully not
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by much its predecessor the Galaxy a25
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5G was 197 G in weight the Galaxy a26 5G
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is 200 g in weight just 3 G heavier my
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sweet spot is between 160 and 180 g so
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this is out of that sweet spot but I can
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live with it a lot of people can live
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with it so we'll take it
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what are the features that have stayed
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the same in the Samsung Galaxy a26 5G
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the battery is one we have the same
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5,000 mAh battery that exists in its
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predecessor fast charging is the same 25
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wats of course don't expect Samsung to
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include the charger in the pack you're
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going to have to get it yourself if you
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want to enjoy that 25 wat and I suggest
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go buy an original Samsung 25 W charger
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make it to the original if you want to
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enjoy that 25 W charging for some reason
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it does not seem like the 25 W charging
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happens unless you have an original
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Samsung
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charger the selfie camera has stayed the
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same it's a 13 megapixel shooter the
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rear camera combination has also stayed
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the same there's a 50 megapixel main
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wide angle camera there's an 8 megapixel
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Ultra wide camera and there's a 2
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megapixel macro lens I don't know why
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anybody bothers with those two megapixel
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macro lenses
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anymore at least upgraded to five but
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this is the same camera setup as exists
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on its
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predecessor now there are some
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downgrades the Galaxy a25 5G from last
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year has stereo speakers
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the a26 5G does not it only has a mono
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speaker I really would have loved to see
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stereo speakers in this particular model
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it will having a nice touch but alas one
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of the downgrades is it a deal breaker
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for you also there is no 3.5 mm audio
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jack in this model anymore it's
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predecessor hard so gradually Samsung is
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wiping out the 3.5 mm audio jack there
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are about two more GR below the Galaxy
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a26 5G now there is no 3.5 mm audio jack
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in this gradually that should trickle
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down to the others till the 3.5 mm audio
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jack is dead and gone from Samsung
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phones it's gone from iPhones already
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it's gone from Google pixel phones it
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will soon disappear from Samsung phones
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as well so those are the downgrades that
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you have to deal with in the Samsung
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Galaxy a26 5G they are not massive
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downgrades I really do wish that the
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Seri speaker was there but hey we'll
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deal with
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that how much does this cost in the UK
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buying the base variant which has 6 GB
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of RAM and 120 gig storage will set you
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back by
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299 in the European Union it will set
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you back by 299
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if this comes to the United States I
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don't imagine that it will cost more
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than
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$299 at the most we're talking about a
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$300 smartphone at the worst at the most
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this is a $300 smartphone and it packs
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quite some features that I find
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interesting and exciting and that many
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people will find interesting and
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exciting true to most Samsung phone this
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is not likely to be the best value for
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money in terms of specs at the price
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range but it does offer certain things
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that you won't find in any other phone
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from the competition Samsung's AI Suite
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is about the most advanced if not
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actually the most advanced in the market
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it's more advanced than Apples it's more
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advanced than anything from any of the
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other Android manufacturers some would
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argue that Google pixel is closed fair
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enough but as far as the rest of the
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competion is concerned the Galaxy A2 65g
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AI Suite beats the other's hands down
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also the 6ear software support massively
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leaves everything else in the dust at
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this price point you're not going to
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find any device from any other
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manufacturer that offers you that those
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alone are interesting things but then we
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now have a glass back I mean come on a
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$300 smartphone with a glass back the
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sour spot in the appearance of this
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device is the water drop Notch Samsung
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why why why why would Samsung keep
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insisting on a water drop Notch at this
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price point pretty much every other
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iPhone brand in the
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market is manufacturing budget and
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entry-level smartphones with punch holes
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and punch holes just look much better
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they look more elegant classier this
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water drop Notch is an ISO and I wish
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Samsung had not included it
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but that's aside you're holding a $300
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smartphone with a glass back protected
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glass with
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IP67 with 7.7 mm thickness with AI and
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with six years software
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updates sounds like a good deal to me
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I'll see you in my next video
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