{"id":392082,"date":"2026-04-10T19:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392082\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:20:07","slug":"the-galaxy-s26-just-dropped-to-its-lowest-price-yet-and-it-comes-with-a-year-of-5g-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/392082\/","title":{"rendered":"The Galaxy S26 just dropped to its lowest price yet \u2014 and it comes with a year of 5G data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few carriers offer cell phone deals<\/a> as impressive as Mint Mobile. What makes their deals unique is that Mint Mobile offer discounts on not just smartphones, but on data plans as well.<\/p>\n

For example, right now Mint Mobile is offering the Galaxy S26 for $580<\/a>, a price that includes a year of unlimited 5G data. Considering the phone normally retails for $899 on its own, getting the handset and a year of service for $580 is an epic steal.<\/p>\n

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What’s great about this deal \u2014 aside from the fact that you get a phone and 12 months of service for less than $600 \u2014 is that it doesn’t require a trade-in. However, if you have a phone to trade in you can shave an extra $400 off.<\/p>\n

This deal is a great way to counter the $100 price hike Samsung gave its Galaxy S26. In our Galaxy S26 review<\/a>, we noted how the software plays a substantial role in its value. For example, new Agentic AI features like Now Nudge<\/a> show how proactive the AI is when recommending actions based on what you’re doing with the phone.<\/p>\n

Soon after launch, Samsung released an update featuring one of the most ambitious AI tools we’ve encountered: Gemini\u2019s new task automation<\/a>. It improves upon the Cross App Actions<\/a> feature of the previous Galaxy S25<\/a> by extending it to third-party apps. It\u2019s remarkable how the AI performed every necessary step to place a Dunkin’ order through DoorDash.<\/p>\n

If that’s not enough, the display has grown to a larger 6.3-inch AMOLED that is also brighter than the previous model. Other upgrades, like the camera\u2019s horizon lock and the powerful Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 performance, add to the phone’s overall value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Few carriers offer cell phone deals as impressive as Mint Mobile. What makes their deals unique is that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-392082","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-mobile","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}