T-Mobile is giving away the Samsung Galaxy S26 for free — how to qualify

Written on 05/22/2026

How to get the Samsung Galaxy S26 for free. How to get the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Samsung Galaxy S26+ for free from T-Mobile.

TL;DR: T-Mobile has dropped new deals on the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Samsung Galaxy S26+. Score the latest Samsung lineup for free right now at T-Mobile.


Free when you trade in an eligible phone on an Experience More plan.
Free when you activate a line on Experience More or Experience Beyond.

We have been known to make some noise about the fact you can walk away with a free iPhone from T-Mobile, but what about our Android readers? Are they supposed to just sit around and watch the Apple users get all the good stuff? No, everyone eats for free at T-Mobile.

T-Mobile has dropped a new batch of live deals on the latest Samsung handsets:

  • Samsung Galaxy S26 — free when you trade in an eligible phone on an Experience More plan.

  • Samsung Galaxy S26+ — free when you activate a line on Experience More or Experience Beyond.

The value of these smartphones is applied as 24 monthly credits to your bill, so you're still paying for the phone but you're getting paid back in full over time. You do need to pay taxes and a $35 device connection fee, but you can never escape that with this type of deal. Anyway, it's a small price to pay for a new handset that wont be replaced until next year.

Mashable's Alex Perry took a close look at this lineup and said: "The new Galaxy S26 line delivers some key upgrades over Samsung's previous-gen phones." We're not talking about earth-shattering updates here, but the "incremental upgrade cycle" is still an upgrade.

Score the latest Samsung Galaxy lineup for free with T-Mobile.