Don’t Buy the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Get This Phone Seriously Cheap Instead

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra has impressed us with its processor performance, camera skills and of course its innovative Privacy Display, which actually works as well as the company boasted it would. It’s a powerhouse of an Android phone and it comes with a price tag to match. At $1,300 (£1,279) it requires a lot of cash to get one into your pocket but there is a cheaper option. Last year’s Galaxy S25 Ultra has many of the same specs and you can pick it up used for around $720 on Gazelle — a whopping savings over the original. 

It’s actually extraordinary how much less the S25 Ultra costs when buying a used one, especially when you consider just how similar it is to the latest model. Sure, you won’t get the new Privacy Display, but the camera performance is similar, the displays are the same size and resolution and

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