The battle of the best budget phones has three new contenders, all hailing from Samsung’s latest Galaxy A series.

The Galaxy A36, A26 and A56 get display and camera upgrades and six years of OS and security updates. Despite the budget-friendly prices, they offer a surprisingly premium feel.

Samsung says the A36 and A56 have a larger vapor chamber cooling system for better heat dissipation during intense processing activities like gaming, and that this system is nearly the same size as last year's Galaxy S24+. They also support 45-watt fast charging, which should get you up to 70 percent in 30 minutes.

Samsung is updating its midrange phone lineup, with the Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 arriving in March ahead of a Galaxy A56 U.S. launch later this year. Here's what to expect from the new phones.

Display: The Nothing Phone (3a) Pro boasts a 6.77-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display with a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate and excellent color accuracy. The Galaxy A36, on the other hand, has a slightly smaller 6.7-inch Full HD+ AMOLED display.

Samsung launched its Galaxy A56 5G and Galaxy A36 5G alongside the Galaxy A26 5G worldwide Sunday in advance of the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2025). To learn more about the Samsung Galaxy A56 5G and Galaxy A36 5G,

The Galaxy A26 is not coming. Samsung’s new Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A56 were unveiled at the MWC in Barcelona this Saturday and, a couple of days later,