While Android handsets are made by a huge range of manufacturers, for some, there are only two players in town: Google and Samsung. The former because it’s also the company behind the OS, making it a great showcase of the platform’s abilities, and the latter because it consistently produces some of the best phones around.

The Samsung Galaxy S26 is likely to continue this form when it arrives next year, but you can already buy the Pixel 10 today. Here, we’ll try to establish which is the best Android phone for you based on what we know and what we’ve heard.

Samsung Galaxy S26 vs Google Pixel 10: Specifications

Samsung Galaxy S26 (rumored)

Google Pixel 10

Display size

6.27-inch FHD+ AMOLED

6.3 inch FHD+ OLED

Refresh rate

120Hz

120Hz

Chipset

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 / Exynos 2600

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