Samsung Galaxy A26 Price in Nigeria 2026

A new Samsung Galaxy A26 128GB typically costs ₦325,000 in Nigeria, with verified offers running from ₦275,000 to ₦445,000.

Verified on 14 September 2026 against live Jiji listings. Carrier-locked and account-locked units are excluded from every figure on this page, and so are bulk and wholesale offers. Our full process is on the pricing methodology page.

• RAM6GB
• Storage128GB / 256GB
• Display6.7 inch
• ChipExynos 1380
• Released2025
• Age1 year

Samsung Galaxy A26 price in Nigeria by storage

Storage is what moves the price of a Samsung Galaxy A26 in Nigeria. Here is every capacity with enough live supply to price, split between brand new and used stock.

How many Samsung Galaxy A26 units are actually for sale in Nigeria

We counted 24 active listings for the Samsung Galaxy A26: 23 advertised as brand new and 1 as used. That puts the used share at 4%.

This is still a new-phone market. Resale supply has not built up, so the few used units that appear are priced by sellers who are not competing with each other. Expect to pay close to new money for used stock.

Samsung Galaxy A26 against the rest of the Galaxy A mid range

Within the Galaxy A mid range the Samsung Galaxy A26 sits in the middle. Here is the range side by side, each model priced at the storage tier with the deepest verified supply.

What else ₦325,000 buys you in the Samsung range

The useful question about any phone price is not whether it is fair, it is what the same money buys elsewhere. At ₦325,000 for a new Samsung Galaxy A26 128GB, these are your live Samsung alternatives.

• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus12GB RAM · 6.8 inch · 2019₦320,000used 256GB
• Samsung Galaxy S228GB RAM · 6.1 inch · 2022₦335,000new 256GB
• Samsung Galaxy Z Flip48GB RAM · 6.7 inch · 2022₦335,000used 256GB
• Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra12GB RAM · 6.8 inch · 2021₦350,000new 128GB

The iPhone you could buy instead at ₦325,000

Almost every Nigerian buyer at this budget is deciding between Samsung and Apple, and almost no price page puts the two side by side. These iPhones sit within a fifth of what this Samsung Galaxy A26 costs today.

The honest trade: the Samsung Galaxy A26 gives you more RAM and usually a bigger, faster display for the money. The iPhone 13 mini holds resale value better, so if you expect to sell inside two years the Apple loses less of what you paid. Neither is the right answer for everyone, which is why we publish both. Every Apple price we track is on the iPhone price hub.

Samsung Galaxy A26 review: what you are actually buying in 2026

The Samsung Galaxy A26 shipped in 2025 with an Exynos 1380 chip, 6GB of RAM and a 6.7 inch display. It is current hardware, so the only real variable is what you pay for it.

Watch that before you pay, not after. Most complaints we hear about a used Samsung purchase in Nigeria are things the buyer could have seen in a ten minute review.

There is no used Samsung Galaxy A26 market yet, and what that means

We found 1 used Samsung Galaxy A26 listings against 23 new, too thin to publish a range. That is normal for a phone this new: resale supply in Nigeria only builds once the first wave of buyers upgrades.

When it arrives, here is the arithmetic to expect. Across every Samsung model we track that has both prices, the used figure sits a median 8% below new retail. Applied to today’s 128GB price of ₦325,000, the first credible used Samsung Galaxy A26 should land near ₦300,000. Treat that as a ceiling to negotiate under, not a price we have verified.

What to check before you pay

1. 01
   The model code, before anything else. Dial *#1234# or check Settings, then About phone. A code ending in B is the international model and the safe buy in Nigeria. Codes ending in U, U1 or W are United States or Canadian carrier units, and N is Korean. Those can be carrier-locked, may not do VoLTE on MTN or Airtel, and are far harder to resell here.
2. 02
   Google account lock. Settings, then Accounts and backup. If the seller’s Google account is still signed in, the phone will lock itself on the next factory reset and nobody can recover it. Make them remove it in front of you.
3. 03
   Knox status. Power off, then hold Volume Down and Bixby or Power to reach Download mode. If Knox shows as tripped or the warranty void counter is not 0x0, the phone has been rooted. Samsung Pay and secure folder will never work again on it.
4. 04
   Run the hidden hardware test. Dial *#0*# and you get Samsung’s own diagnostic menu: red, green and blue screen tests for burn-in and dead pixels, touch grid, speaker, vibration, sensors and camera. Two minutes here catches most of what sellers hope you will not notice.
5. 05
   Screen burn-in. These are AMOLED panels. Run the white screen test from that menu and look for a faint keyboard, status bar or navigation bar ghost. It never gets better and it kills resale value.
6. 06
   Battery. Settings, then Battery and device care, then Diagnostics, or check battery capacity in the Samsung Members app. Anything reported below good needs a replacement, and that is real money here.
7. 07
   IMEI. Dial *#06# and check it matches the box and the sticker under the SIM tray. A mismatch means replaced parts or worse. Our guide to spotting fake and parts-swapped phones covers the rest.

If you are buying used specifically, read our used phone buying guide first, and our note on where to buy safely.

Where these prices come from

Prices come from active retail listings on Jiji, read on 14 September 2026. Across the Samsung Galaxy A26 we reviewed 24 listings: 23 advertised as brand new and 1 as used.

We exclude carrier-locked and account-locked units, bulk and wholesale offers, listings with no stated condition, and prices sitting more than 40% from the market median. We publish a range only where at least four comparable offers survive that filter. Display size, chipset, RAM and release year come from Samsung’s published specifications, cross-checked against GSMArena.

Prices last verified: 14 September 2026. Nigerian phone prices move with the naira, and our naira and phone prices explainer covers why. Confirm with the seller before paying, and report a price correction if you see something wrong. Every Samsung we track is indexed on the Samsung price hub.

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