Samsung Launches New Phones in Galaxy A Series: A56, A36, and A26. Here’s what you need to know

Samsung has just unveiled its latest Galaxy A Series smartphones – the A26, A36 and A56. The new phones replace the A25, A35 and A55 respectively.

Samsung is pushing the Artificial Intelligence aspect of these phones. AI has so far been a preserve of the flagships so seeing it come to these mid-rangers is great. Samsung is calling it “Awesome Intelligence” and it’s essentially new AI-powered image editing features as well as Google’s “Circle to Search”. type things. It’s not clear yet what other AI things these phones will do.

This means the only latest Samsung phones that don’t have AI features are the budget category of A06 and A16.

Here’s the line-up of the new phones

• Galaxy A56 – The premium of the 3. Ofcourse, still not flagship levels
• Galaxy A36 – Priced between the two and also offering mid-level performance in comparison.
• Galaxy A26 – Priced lower than the other two but still offering solid performance compared to budget smartphones like the A06 and A16.

Specifications

To the specs – there is a bump all round in performance, so even if you have last year’s version of any of these, cash allowing – these are worthy upgrades.

⚡ Performance

• A56: Powered by Exynos 1580 chipset (up from the Exynos 1480 in the A55)
• A36: Features Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 (up from the Exynos 1380 in the A35)
• A26: Exynos 1380, a significant upgrade from the Exynos 1280 from the A25. The 1380 is what was on the A35 last year.

• Larger vapor chamber for sustained performance during gaming and multitasking

Memory

For these 3 phones, Samsung is doing away with the 4GB RAM, so with the base models have at least 6GB RAM. The A56 starts at 8GB.

Samsung has also introduced a 12GB RAM option on the A36 and A56.

• A26: 128GB, 6GB RAM; 128GB, 8GB RAM; 256GB, 8GB RAM
• A36: 128GB 6GB RAM; 128GB 8GB RAM; 256GB 8GB RAM; 256GB 12GB RAM
• A56: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 12GB RAM

📱 Display

• All of them have 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED displays
• Impressive 1200 nits brightness for vibrant viewing on the A36 and A56.
• Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ protection on all 3

📸 Camera Highlights

• All models: Triple-camera system with 50MP main lens
• A56: Features 12MP ultra-wide lens
• A56 & A36: 10-bit HDR front camera for crisp selfies
• A56: Improved Nightography with Low Noise Mode

⚡ Performance & Battery

• All models: 5,000mAh battery
• A56 & A36: Support 45W Super Fast Charge 2.0
• A26: still has the 25W charging it had last year

💪 Durability

• All models: IP67 water and dust resistance
• Advanced Corning Glass for scratch and crack protection

🔄 Software

Android 15 all round with a promise of 6 years of security updates

Network

Just like last year, all 3 phones have 5G capability

Pricing and Availability in Zimbabwe

Pricing and availability in Zimbabwe and Africa is not yet clear. However suffice to say, we will probably be getting it here on Techzim within March and the pricing will generally be along those of the predecessor phones.

This is to say we expect the base model of the A26 to be priced around $250, the A35 to be around $280 and the A56, $350.