Deals on brand-new smartphones are often few and far between. There were a handful of enticing pre-order deals for the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, but many of those are no longer active. As the phone only officially released this month, it’ll be a while before we see steep discounts for the Galaxy S26 Ultra. If you’re sold on upgrading to Samsung’s latest flagship, you can at least sweeten the deal and take advantage of Amazon’s generosity.
When you buy the Galaxy S26 Ultra during Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, you’ll snag a FREE $200 Amazon gift card. That’s enough to get yourself a protective Galaxy S26 Ultra case (or two!) and a screen protector. Or, you could pick up a pair of Galaxy Buds 4 earbuds ($180 value) completely free and still have cash left to spare.
✅ Recommended if: you planned to buy a Galaxy S26 Ultra and want a $200 gift card to sweeten the deal; you want to get a case or accessories with your Galaxy S26 Ultra.
❌ Skip this deal if: you want to buy a Galaxy S26 Ultra via carrier installments; you want to wait for a discount rather than a free gift card.
There’s a lot to like about the Galaxy S26 Ultra, but the pinnacle feature is the Privacy Display. The Galaxy S26 Ultra uses a Flex Magic Pixel OLED display with wide and narrow pixels that can be managed individually, enabling a Privacy Display feature that you can turn on or off whenever you’d like. With Privacy Display on, the person sitting next to you can’t snoop your screen. With the feature off, the Galaxy S26 Ultra screen is (almost) like normal.
I’ve been using the Galaxy S26 Ultra for weeks, and I’ve been stunned at how fast this phone charges. The battery capacity is still 5,000mAh, but it now charges at 60W speeds — it’ll get up to 75% in a half hour. That battery powers the fast Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip on the inside, handling your performance needs, from AI processing to gaming.
You still get the S Pen and a quadruple-camera system on the rear. This year, the Galaxy S26 Ultra’s cameras have wider apertures for better low-light performance, and the telephoto uses advanced ALoP design.
Put simply, the Galaxy S26 Ultra is “Ultra” in almost every sense of the word. The one stickler is the $1,300 price point, although it is the only Galaxy S26 model to match the cost of its predecessor. Still, the $200 Amazon gift card you’ll get for a limited time certainly helps the price tag sting a bit less. You can use it for cases, screen protectors, earbuds, or really anything else you can imagine.
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