Samsung has added the Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra to its Certified Re-Newed lineup, the company announced today. The refurbished phones are assembled by Samsung engineers and built with 100% Samsung genuine parts, and each unit ships with a brand-new battery. Samsung says the devices carry the same one-year limited warranty as its new smartphones.
The Certified Re-Newed S26 series is sold exclusively on Samsung.com. Buyers can get up to $720 in trade-in credit toward a Certified Re-Newed phone. Prices start at $759.00 for the Galaxy S26, $929.00 for the S26+ and $1,099.00 for the S26 Ultra, and each model is listed in six colors. Samsung did not specify storage configurations.
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Samsung Care+ with Theft and Loss is available as an add-on for the Certified Re-Newed devices. The company says the plan includes unlimited battery repairs.
The phones run on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Mobile Platform for Galaxy, which Samsung says brings CPU, GPU and NPU gains over the previous generation. Galaxy AI features on the devices include Now Nudge and Now Brief reminders.
The move follows the S26 series launch on March 11, 2026, when U.S. pre-orders rose nearly 25 percent year over year and the Ultra accounted for 80 percent of those orders. At launch, the base S26 and S26 Plus were priced at $899 and $1,099, while the Ultra started at $1,899 for 256GB. Samsung offered up to $900 in trade-in credit at that time, $180 more than the current Certified Re-Newed offer.
The S26 lineup also gained AirDrop support through Quick Share earlier this year, a rollout that began in South Korea on March 23 and required Google Play Services 26.11 or newer. Only the S26, S26 Plus and S26 Ultra support the feature; earlier Galaxy devices, including the S25, are incompatible.
The S26 series launched in six colors: Black, White, Silver Shadow, Sky Blue, Cobalt Violet and Pink Gold. Pre-launch reports said the Ultra's S Pen would come only in black or white and that the lineup would skip built-in Qi2 magnets, leaving buyers to use magnetic cases for those accessories.
