{"id":9820,"date":"2025-11-08T07:28:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9820"},"modified":"2025-11-08T07:28:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T23:28:34","slug":"could-the-samsung-galaxy-s26-series-see-a-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9820","title":{"rendered":"Could the Samsung Galaxy S26 series see a price hike?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/420d375f0c14f08a936b57757762524759a9595e3a450a352f19ab349e05dfad\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">It\u2019s possible that Samsung\u2019s next-generation Galaxy S26 series could come with a <b>higher price tag<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Korean news site ETNews reported that Samsung could launch the Galaxy S26 series at higher starting prices than its predecessors. The report cited an increase stemming from the <b>rising component costs <\/b>\u2014 its mobile chip and camera modules \u2014 which had surged as much as 12%. <\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">At the same time, the strong demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) used in AI servers has led to a reduction in production of smartphone memory chips, creating supply shortages and further driving up costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Samsung is expected to hold its Galaxy Unpacked event on 25 February 2026 to unveil the Galaxy S26 series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Source: ETNews via GSMArena<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/mobile\/smartphones\/samsung-galaxy-s26-series-price-hike-possible\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s possible that Samsung\u2019s next-generation Galaxy S26 series could come with a higher price tag. Korean news site ETNews reported that Samsung could launch the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[1672,2840,1376,4755,1585,318],"class_list":["post-9820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-galaxy","tag-hike","tag-price","tag-s26","tag-samsung","tag-series","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}