{"id":890443,"date":"2026-09-13T11:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890443\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T11:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T11:32:12","slug":"samsung-begins-selling-refurbished-galaxy-s26-s26-and-s26-ultra-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/890443\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung begins selling refurbished Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra models"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samsung has begun selling refurbished Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra handsets through its own Certified Re-Newed scheme, now live in India<\/a>, France<\/a>, Germany <\/a>and the UK<\/a> after previously covering only the Galaxy S25 range. The timing does not appear to be a coincidence, with the product pages going live around the same time Apple launched its iPhone 18 on September 9, allowing Samsung to position a cheaper flagship against a costlier rival.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The costs savings of purchasing a refurbished model over a brand new model are usually around 15%. Every unit reportedly passes over 100 quality checks, is wiped of prior data, fitted with genuine Samsung parts where needed, and formatted before resale. Buyers get the same two-year warranty (except in India, where buyers only get one year), plus the seven-year update commitment attached to the S26 line. Minor cosmetic wear may remain, though Samsung says functionality is unaffected. <\/p>\n

Availability of stock differs by country; India, for example, currently only offers refurbished units of the S26 or S26 Ultra (no S26+). Availability of color options and storage configurations also differ from country to country. Lastly, Samsung also operates a Certified Re-Newed program in the US<\/a>, but the S26 series is not available there yet. Whether Samsung is planning to also offer refurbished S26 models there is unclear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung has begun selling refurbished Galaxy S26, S26+, and S26 Ultra handsets through its own Certified Re-Newed scheme,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":890444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[6384,64,63,234,459992,20636,25135,2592,23340,5717,235,1209,227,203,233,226,236,157792,415454,232,459991,228,229,253660,459989,459990,1047,10301,8247,105,231,230,5429,4126,25971],"class_list":["post-890443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-android","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-benchmarks","tag-certified","tag-discounts","tag-flagship","tag-france","tag-galaxy","tag-germany","tag-graphics-card","tag-india","tag-laptop","tag-mobile","tag-netbook","tag-notebook","tag-processor","tag-refurbished","tag-renewed","tag-reports","tag-resale","tag-review","tag-reviews","tag-s26","tag-s26plus","tag-s26ultra","tag-samsung","tag-smartphones","tag-software","tag-technology","tag-test","tag-tests","tag-uk","tag-updates","tag-warranty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}