Samsung Galaxy A37 and A57 get RM200 price hike, but one variant gets cheaper
- ID
- 18176
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 26 Aug 2026, 9:55 PM
- Fetched
- 26 Aug 2026, 10:39 PM
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- SoyaCincau
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://soyacincau.com/2026/08/26/samsung-galaxy-a37-and-a57-5g-malaysia-price-hike-revision/
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Summary
- Score
- 3.5
- Created
- 26 Aug 2026, 10:40 PM
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- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
Samsung Malaysia is raising prices on selected Galaxy A37 5G and A57 5G variants by RM200 effective 7 September 2026, citing rising global memory chip and RAM costs. The entry-level A57 5G 8GB+256GB drops RM220 to RM2,099, while the A37 12GB+256GB jumps from RM1,999 to RM2,199. This is Samsung Malaysia's second A-series price hike in two months, following July's RM120-RM200 increases on the A07 and A17.
Why it matters
Rising memory costs are flowing through to consumer device pricing in Malaysia, which affects hardware budgeting for teams buying test devices or recommending phones to clients. The widening RAM-tier price gaps (A37 12GB now RM300 more than 8GB, up from RM100) mean the cost premium for higher-RAM devices is growing—factor this into procurement decisions before 7 September.
Discussion angle
Memory chip cost pressure is hitting consumer device prices in Malaysia twice in two months—what this signals for broader hardware and cloud infrastructure cost trends heading into 2027.