{"id":228532,"date":"2026-03-28T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/has-samsung-intentionally-made-the-base-galaxy-s26-such-a-poor-choice-vs-the-iphone-17\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T10:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:20:10","slug":"has-samsung-intentionally-made-the-base-galaxy-s26-such-a-poor-choice-vs-the-iphone-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/has-samsung-intentionally-made-the-base-galaxy-s26-such-a-poor-choice-vs-the-iphone-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Samsung intentionally made the base Galaxy S26 such a poor choice vs the iPhone 17?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/samsung-intentionally-made-base-galaxy-s26-a-poor-choice-vs-iphone-17_id179240\">Has Samsung intentionally made the base Galaxy S26 such a poor choice vs the iPhone 17?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/samsung-intentionally-made-base-galaxy-s26-a-poor-choice-vs-iphone-17_id179240\">https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/samsung-intentionally-made-base-galaxy-s26-a-poor-choice-vs-iphone-17_id179240<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-03-28 07:39:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.phonearena.com\">www.phonearena.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\">\n                                                    Base model Galaxy flagship sales have been suffering as the Ultra models take the crown year after year. On the other hand, however, Apple made the base <\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\"> such a great phone that it helped the company set new sales records last year around the globe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\"> sales? Is there any reason at all to opt for the base model anymore? Surely, even those customers who want a compact phone would see all of the compromises for the <\/p>\n<p style=\"display: inline;\"> and decide to upgrade to a higher-end model instead.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/phones\/85782-350\/Samsung-Galaxy-S26-Ultra.webp?w=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                                <span class=\"offer-label label-trade-in\">Trade-in<\/span>\n                                                                    <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"offer-widget-title h-six\">The Galaxy S26 Ultra is now available for up to $720 off<\/h4>\n<p>\n                    $579<br \/>\n                                            99\n                                                        <\/p>\n<p>$1299<br \/>\n                                            99\n                                    <\/p>\n<p>                                                <span class=\"price-discount\">$720 off (55%)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Galaxy S26 Ultra has been announced, bringing a Privacy Screen feature, insanely fast processor, and multiple Galaxy AI enhancements. Right now, you can save up to $720 at the Samsung Store with eligible trade-ins. You also get 15% off the Buds 4 series with your purchase. Alternatively, you can get $150 credit for add-ons, no trade-in required.<\/p>\n<p>                    <span onclick=\"this.style.background = '#1992ff'; return true;\"><br \/>\n                        Buy at Samsung                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/samsung-intentionally-made-base-galaxy-s26-a-poor-choice-vs-iphone-17_id179240\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has Samsung intentionally made the base Galaxy S26 such a poor choice vs the iPhone&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/m-cdn.phonearena.com\/images\/article\/179240-wide-two_1200\/Has-Samsung-intentionally-made-the-base-Galaxy-S26-such-a-poor-choice-vs-the-iPhone-17.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-228532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iphone","tag-iphone-17"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228534,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228532\/revisions\/228534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}