{"id":478790,"date":"2026-02-19T23:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/478790\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:44:11","slug":"i-just-guaranteed-myself-900-off-the-samsung-galaxy-s26-ultra-before-the-phone-was-even-announced-heres-the-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/478790\/","title":{"rendered":"I just guaranteed myself $900 off the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra before the phone was even announced \u2014 here&#8217;s the hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"878e85ea-84a8-4784-a516-5378e001b9db\">The next <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-2026\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-2026\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy\/samsung-galaxy-unpacked-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung Unpacked<\/a> event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25th, but you apparently don&#8217;t need to wait for the preorder period to score a great Galaxy S26 deal.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=47773&amp;u1=ac-us-8758333365104601302&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2Fsmartphones%2Fthe-next-galaxy%2Freserve%2F\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/the-next-galaxy\/reserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=47773&amp;u1=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2Fsmartphones%2Fthe-next-galaxy%2Freserve%2F\" data-merchant-name=\"Samsung\" data-merchant-id=\"213879\" data-merchant-network=\"LS\" data-merchant-url=\"samsung.com\/us\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Sign up for the Galaxy Reserve program with your name and email address<\/a> and you&#8217;ll be instantly eligible for up to $900 off your Galaxy S26 preorder (with trade-in) when the phones are officially revealed next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Samsung will also guarantee you a $30 credit, AND you&#8217;ll be automatically entered into a sweepstakes to win $5,000 of Samsung cash. That&#8217;s a lot of good stuff, and all you have to do is type in your name and email.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-292838a030b72a712eb71e71e7370dfd\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><a id=\"elk-295871b1-eeb8-470a-bfef-218747264732\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"af75e2de-85de-44cb-8c92-0b3dbade6b54\">Samsung launches its Galaxy Reserve program every time it releases a new flagship lineup, and I can assure you that it&#8217;s the easiest way to guarantee yourself some savings when the Galaxy S26 is revealed on February 25th.<\/p>\n<p>I sign up almost every year, and it&#8217;s just as straightforward as it sounds. Samsung won&#8217;t sell your email or constantly hound you with promotional stuff, and there&#8217;s no commitment to buy if you change your mind after seeing the phones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vfdeGuDnjLPcDdkqgma7YK.jpg\" alt=\"The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25, next to each other.\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vfdeGuDnjLPcDdkqgma7YK.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/vfdeGuDnjLPcDdkqgma7YK.jpg\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Samsung)<\/p>\n<p id=\"d8b57539-117d-4a5f-82a8-361d0b09ba08\">It&#8217;s worth mentioning that the $900 in trade-in savings will probably become available to the general public once the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-samsung-phones\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-samsung-phones\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/best-samsung-phones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung phones<\/a> are revealed next week, so although it&#8217;s not exactly as exclusive as it sounds, it does give you a nice sneak peek into the upcoming S26 preorder deals. You&#8217;re probably most likely to get that full $900 off if you&#8217;re already the owner of an S25 or maybe an S24 Ultra, but hopefully Samsung is a bit more generous this year.<\/p>\n<p>The $30 credit and $5,000 sweepstakes ARE exclusive to the Galaxy Reserve program, however, so I see very little reason to skip this opportunity if you&#8217;re already planning to preorder the Galaxy S26. The promotion ends on February 25th, so don&#8217;t wait too long if you&#8217;re interested!<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-6165aac0-4da8-42a4-896a-f2be5cc17e3e\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>When does the Galaxy S26 series come out?<\/p>\n<p id=\"c2cb42cd-ebd7-43ae-9a59-76ee6cb13a42\">The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-s26-your-ultimate-guide\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-s26-your-ultimate-guide\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-s26-your-ultimate-guide\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Galaxy S26 lineup<\/a> is expected to be revealed during the Samsung Unpacked event on February 25th. The live stream will kick off at 1pm ET \/ 10am PT and can be watched on YouTube or via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=47773&amp;u1=ac-us-7294926747417226516&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2F\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener nofollow\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/deeplink?id=kXQk6%2AivFEQ&amp;mid=47773&amp;u1=hawk-custom-tracking&amp;murl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.samsung.com%2Fus%2F\" data-merchant-name=\"Samsung\" data-merchant-id=\"213879\" data-merchant-network=\"LS\" data-merchant-url=\"samsung.com\/us\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Samsung.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll also be covering the event with our own spicy takes LIVE, so be sure to bookmark Android Central for all of the latest Samsung Galaxy S26 news.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-ca278ce5-87b7-4c41-81b6-268600f7accb\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Best Samsung phone deals today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The next Samsung Unpacked event is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25th, but you apparently don&#8217;t need to wait&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[165,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-478790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}