Samsung’s dirt-cheap Galaxy A07 has a bigger battery than the Galaxy S26 Ultra

Ben Schoon | Feb 12 2026 - 9:40 am PT

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S26 Ultra is rocking the same 5,000 mAh battery as the past five generations of the company’s most high-end flagship, and it’s being beaten by Samsung’s cheapest smartphone, the Galaxy A07.

Sitting below even the Galaxy A17’s $199 price tag, the Galaxy A07 will be Samsung’s cheapest smartphone. Available since January 30, but only being announced in Samsung’s newsroom today, the Galaxy A07 5G looks like a pretty standard affair for what is by all accounts a dirt-cheap smartphone.

6.7-inch 720p display, a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset, 4-8GB of RAM depending on model, and a 50MP rear camera backed up by a 2MP depth sensor as well as an 8MP selfie camera. It looks fine, with a couple of standout points.

For one, there are some fun, flashy colors here. Alongside the standard “Black,” there’s also “Light Violet” and “Light Green,” both of which have some iridescent colors that give off Galaxy Note 10 vibes.

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Samsung is also continuing its wild software update policy here. Despite this phone costing so little, Samsung is committing to “up to six generations of OS upgrades and six years of security updates.” Crazy!

Finally, there’s the battery. Galaxy A07 5G ships with a 6,000 mAh battery. That’s 1,000 mAh larger than what we’re expecting for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Again, crazy – just not in a good way. For the Galaxy A07, though, that huge battery paired with a lightweight chipset will probably result in battery life that you measure in days instead of hours.

Samsung says that the Galaxy A07 5G went on sale a couple of weeks ago on January 30, though there’s no sign of it in the US just yet. Pricing hasn’t been direclty confirmed either, but the Galaxy A06 could easily be purchased in the ballpark of $100-150 depending on region, retailer, and carrier.