Black Friday Samsung Phone Deals 2026: Every Galaxy Costs More Than It Did in October - Memeburn

TL;DR

- Every unlocked Galaxy we checked costs $126 to $201 more on Amazon than during Prime Big Deal Days on October 6-7.

- Amazon and Samsung.com are within $6 of each other on every model we could compare.

- Samsung's no-trade-in offers end between November 2 (Fold8, Fold8 Ultra, Flip8) and November 13 (S26, S26+), before Black Friday on November 27.

- The Galaxy S26 FE has no discount at $699.99, after selling for $599 at Amazon on October 27.

- Memeburn's view: wait, and treat $999 as the S26 Ultra price to buy at; the Fold8 Ultra's $200 accessory credit is the one exception.

Amazon’s early Black Friday prices on Samsung phones are $126 to $201 higher than the same Galaxy models sold for during Prime Big Deal Days three weeks ago. Samsung raised most of its US Galaxy S26 list prices on October 1 and its own discounts on Samsung.com start expiring on November 2, so the deals you see now are measured against a higher starting point and several will end before Black Friday on November 27. Here’s what five unlocked Galaxy phones cost on October 31, which store is cheaper, and the price we’d wait for on each.

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Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

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Black Friday Samsung Phone Deals 2026 Against October’s Lows

We checked unlocked, new-condition Galaxy phones sold and shipped by Amazon.com on October 31, 2026, and compared each with Samsung.com’s price for the same model without a trade-in and with the prices our Black Friday phone deals guide recorded during Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days on October 6 and 7. Only the Galaxy S26 carried Amazon’s “Limited time deal” badge, and none of the listings showed a Black Friday badge.

*Samsung.com showed the S26 Ultra at $1,149.99 in an earlier check that day, but a later check didn’t return a price, so confirm it in Samsung’s cart.

Amazon and Samsung.com land within $6 of each other on every phone we could compare directly, which means the store you pick matters much less this week than when you buy. That’s the opposite of what you’d expect four weeks before Black Friday, and it comes from two things happening at once, since the discounts that made October look cheap have faded while Samsung’s own offers are on a countdown.

Galaxy S26 Ultra Is $1,144 Now After Selling Near $949 in October

Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra

Overview

- 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display with 120Hz refresh

- Snapdragon flagship chipset delivers powerful, smooth performance

- 200MP main camera captures incredibly detailed photos

Amazon lists the unlocked Galaxy S26 Ultra with 256GB in Black at $1,144.22, which is $255.77 (18.27%) below Samsung’s $1,399.99 list price and $5.77 under the price we saw on Samsung.com. The trend is the problem rather than the discount, because our Galaxy S25 Ultra vs S26 Ultra comparison found Amazon selling the same model for about $949 on October 19, and the Prime Big Deal Days price was $979, so you’d pay roughly $165 to $195 more today than you would have in mid-October. Samsung’s launch announcement started the S26 Ultra at $1,299.99 before the October 1 increase, which means even the current Amazon price is only about $156 under where the phone began. Samsung’s own offer on the Ultra, up to $250 off without a trade-in, ends on November 6.

Galaxy S26 Costs $849.99 at Both Samsung and Amazon

Samsung Galaxy S26

Overview

- Stay in the moment while Now Nudge with Galaxy AI

- From small reverbs to subtle textures

- Power through your day with AI-accelerated

The unlocked Galaxy S26 with 256GB costs $849.99 at Amazon in Sky Blue and at Samsung.com, which is $150 below its $999.99 list price. Samsung’s launch announcement started the S26 at $899.99, so measured against launch the saving shrinks to $50, and the phone costs $125.99 more than the $724 Amazon charged during Prime Big Deal Days. Samsung’s offer of up to $150 off without a trade-in runs until November 13, according to its US offer terms, which means this price may not reach Black Friday unless Samsung replaces it with a new one.

Galaxy S26 FE Lost Its Discount This Week

Galaxy S26 FE

Overview

- Dynamic AMOLED display delivers vibrant, fluid visuals

- Powerful processor handles multitasking and demanding applications

- Versatile camera system captures detailed everyday photos

The Galaxy S26 FE with 128GB is $699.99 at Amazon in Graphite and at Samsung.com, which is its full list price, so Samsung’s cheapest current flagship has no cash discount right now. Tom’s Guide listed the S26 FE at $599 at Amazon on October 27, and Amazon sold it for $574 during Prime Big Deal Days, so the price has moved by about $100 in four days, which tells you that waiting costs very little on this phone. The S26 FE pairs a 50MP main camera with a 4,900mAh battery and 8GB of RAM, and at $699.99 it sits only $150 under the full S26, which is too narrow a gap for the FE to make sense until it drops again.

Galaxy Z Fold8 and Fold8 Ultra Offers End November 2

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra

Overview

- Stay one step ahead with AI² that suggests which apps you might need next

- Dive into the details of any image with our best camera on a foldable smartphone

- Experience what’s possible with our most advanced Galaxy Z Series processor

Amazon sells the Galaxy Z Fold8 with 256GB in Graphite at $1,699.99 and the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra with 256GB in Graphite at $1,899.99, both $200 below their $1,899.99 and $2,099.99 list prices, and Samsung.com matches the Fold8 while advertising up to $200 off the Fold8 Ultra. The two aren’t a standard and premium version of the same phone, since the Fold8 is Samsung’s wider, passport-style foldable and the Fold8 Ultra is the direct successor to last year’s Fold7, so it’s worth picking the shape before you pick the price. Both cost $150 to $200 more than their Prime Big Deal Days prices of $1,549 and $1,699, and Samsung’s no-trade-in offers on both end on November 2, well before Black Friday.

Samsung.com adds one perk Amazon can’t match on the Fold8 Ultra, which is a $200 credit for eligible accessories bought in the same order, valid until December 31, although it can’t be spent on the phone itself. At $1,899.99, the Fold8 Ultra on Amazon also comes in about $99 under Apple’s $1,999 iPhone Duo, and our foldable phone market share statistics show how Samsung’s foldables stack up across the category.

Samsung’s Current Offers Expire Before Black Friday

Samsung’s US offer terms set a separate end date for each model’s no-trade-in discount, and every one of them falls before November 27:

- The Galaxy Z Fold8 and Z Fold8 Ultra offers of up to $200 off, and the Galaxy Z Flip8 offer of up to $150 off, end on November 2.

- The Galaxy S26 Ultra offer of up to $250 off ends on November 6.

- The Galaxy S26 offer of up to $150 off and the Galaxy S26+ offer of up to $200 off end on November 13.

- The $200 accessory credit with the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra runs until December 31 and only applies to eligible extras in the same purchase.

Samsung Week, the broader sale behind these offers, ran from October 12 to November 1, according to Samsung’s announcement, while the individual terms don’t list end times or time zones, so read these as dates rather than deadlines to the hour. If you were deciding between Samsung Week and Black Friday, Samsung Week is effectively over, and the remaining question is whether Samsung’s Black Friday offers will start before or after these model offers lapse.

Wait for an S26 Ultra Under $1,000 Unless You Need a Phone Now

Memeburn’s call on Samsung’s early Black Friday prices is to hold off on every Galaxy in this list, and to treat $999 as the number that makes the S26 Ultra worth buying. Amazon sold the 256GB S26 Ultra for $979 during Prime Big Deal Days and for about $949 on October 19, so the same retailer has already gone below $1,000 twice this month, while today’s $1,144.22 is the highest of the three prices we’ve recorded since the October 1 increase. The S26 and S26 FE follow the same pattern at $125.99 above their October lows, which is why we’d treat $724 and $574 as their prices to beat.

The one exception is the Fold8 Ultra for a buyer who was going to spend about $200 on a case, charger or earbuds anyway, because Samsung’s accessory credit turns a $1,899.99 phone into an effective $1,699.99 purchase, matching its Prime Big Deal Days low, but only if Samsung.com’s final price matches Amazon’s before November 2. Our call changes if Samsung’s Black Friday offers start below October’s prices, or if those October lows turn out to have been Prime-only prices that most shoppers couldn’t get.

FAQs

When does Samsung’s Black Friday sale start in 2026?

Black Friday falls on November 27, 2026. Samsung’s US offer terms checked on October 31 list model discounts ending between November 2 and November 13, and they don’t give Black Friday dates, so Samsung’s current Galaxy offers end before Black Friday begins.

Is Amazon or Samsung.com cheaper for Galaxy phones right now?

Amazon and Samsung.com were within $6 of each other on every unlocked Galaxy phone Memeburn compared on October 31, 2026. The Galaxy S26 was $849.99 at both, and the Galaxy S26 Ultra was $1,144.22 at Amazon against $1,149.99 at Samsung.com. Samsung.com adds trade-in offers and a $200 accessory credit on the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.

What was the lowest Galaxy S26 Ultra price in October 2026?

Amazon sold the unlocked 256GB Galaxy S26 Ultra for $979 during Prime Big Deal Days on October 6 and 7, 2026, and for about $949 on October 19. On October 31, the same model was $1,144.22.

Should I wait for the Galaxy S27 instead?

Samsung hasn’t announced the Galaxy S27. Early leaks point to a redesigned camera module on the Galaxy S27 Ultra that may make room for Qi2 magnets, as covered in our look at the Galaxy S27 Ultra camera design, but launch timing and US pricing remain unconfirmed.