Sell your Galaxy S26 while it is still the newest one.
S26, S26+ or S26 Ultra. An offer in under a minute, a free courier to your door, and no mysterious fault discovered later.
A Galaxy S26 is worth more today than it will be worth on any day after today, and that is not a sales line, it is just how Samsung's release calendar works. The S27 arrives, every S26 in the country is repriced downward by people who are not asking your permission, and the phone in your hand did not change at all.
This is the one part of phone ownership where waiting is never the cautious option. A phone that is a year old and immaculate is a genuinely valuable thing. The same phone two years later, cared for identically, is worth a fraction of it. Nothing happened to it. The market moved underneath it.
So the question is not whether your S26 is worth selling. It is whether you would rather have the money now, while it is still the current flagship, or a meaningfully smaller amount after the next Unpacked.
The Galaxy S26 models we buy.
Working or faulty, from spotless to cracked or not switching on. Not sure which one you have? The model name is under Settings, About.
Galaxy S26 Ultra
256GB, 512GB or 1TB, S Pen included
Galaxy S26+
256GB or 512GB
Galaxy S26
128GB, 256GB or 512GB
If you are upgrading, you are not selling. You are part-paying.
Most people selling a current-generation S are not finished with Samsung, they are moving sideways to an Ultra or taking the jump to a folding phone. Selling before the launch rather than after is usually worth more than any launch-week promotion.
Take the payout as EpicDeals.co.za credit instead of cash and we add 12% on top. That is us paying you for not needing the money in your account today, and it costs you nothing if you were going to spend it here anyway.
The 12% is only worth taking if you were going to spend it. If you need the cash, take the cash, and we will not make the voucher hard to refuse.
What affects your offer.
It is still the current generation
Until the next Unpacked this is the newest Galaxy there is, and that carries a premium which disappears on a specific day rather than fading gently. On this page it is the single largest factor, and it is entirely about timing.
Storage, which matters more at the top
On a mid-range phone the gap between 128GB and 256GB is small money. On an S26 Ultra the gap between 256GB and 1TB is real, because the people buying second-hand Ultras are usually buying them to shoot video on.
Whether it lived in a case
The S26's frame and rear glass both scuff, and the Ultra's flat titanium edges show handling more than people expect. A phone that has been in a case since day one, with the factory film still on the camera ring, is worth noticeably more than the same phone bare.
Battery health, even at this age
A phone this new should still be showing very close to full capacity under Settings, Battery, Battery health. If yours is not, that says something about how hard it has been fast-charged, and buyers price it accordingly.
We still buy it with these.
Choose the closest condition in the calculator and mention anything that is wrong. Your offer already takes it into account.
- Cracked or shattered screen, front or back glass
- Burn-in or a green line down the AMOLED panel
- A battery that swells, dies at 30% or will not hold a day
- Fingerprint sensor under the screen that has stopped reading
- USB-C port that only charges if you hold the cable just so
- Camera with dust, haze or a rattling stabiliser
- Charging port worn, loose or full of pocket lint
- Will not switch on at all
Three ways to take the money.
Cash
Instant offer
Assessed within 1-3 working days of arriving, paid within 5 working days of your offer being confirmed.
+12%
Trade-in voucher
Take it as credit on EpicDeals.co.za instead and we add 12%. Useful if the plan was always to upgrade.
+10%
Consignment
We list it, we sell it, you get 10% more than the instant offer. Most sell within 13 days.
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