Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series is back at launch pricing — and in some cases, cheaper, for 48 hours starting Sunday, October 6, as part of Amazon’s Prime Big Deal Days event. The sale ends Monday, October 7. No new models are launching. No software update is rolling out. This is a pure price reset: $100 off the Galaxy S26, $150 off the S26+, and $200 off the S26 Ultra. All three are now priced at or below their original U.S. MSRP. A reversal of the broad price hikes Samsung imposed earlier this year across its flagship lineup. Android Police notes that those increases were ‘across the board’, and that buyers who missed the initial window ‘might have felt a little out of luck’, until now. The outlet adds bluntly: ‘We have a pretty good idea about how future prices won’t get cheaper.’ So when a sale appears, it recommends acting fast. Because ‘things can always get worse’. That urgency underpins the timing: Android Police explicitly warns these prices will rise again as soon as the Prime Big Deal Days event concludes. The Galaxy S26 remains the base model: 6.3-inch Dynamic AMOLED, 1080p resolution, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset, 12GB of RAM, One UI 8.5 out of the box, and Samsung’s seven-year software support pledge. Its battery capacity has increased to 4,300mAh for 2026, up from the prior generation. The S26+ is positioned as the balanced choice: ‘lighter, thinner, and more powerful than its predecessor’, with no further spec details given in the sources. The S26 Ultra introduces the Privacy Display. Described by Android Police as a ‘world-first new feature’ that hides the screen from side views, limiting visibility to only those looking straight on. It too is ‘lighter, thinner, and more powerful than its predecessor’, though exact weight, thickness, or performance metrics aren’t cited. None of these devices have received hardware revisions or firmware updates tied to the sale. What’s changed is purely the price tag, and the window to buy. Android Police confirms the discount applies only during the Prime Big Deal Days event, and only via Amazon. No other retailers, carriers, or regional markets are named. No Indian pricing, no EU pricing, no UK pricing. Just U.S. MSRP, temporarily restored. And while Android Police says it has ‘tested all of these handsets’, Hitechreports has not. We report the sale, not the experience. The clock starts Sunday morning. It stops Monday night. After that? Back to the higher numbers, unless another flash event arrives.