Not even a charging cable: Has Samsung's cost-cutting gone too far?
Samsung has dropped the USB-C cable from the retail boxes of both the Galaxy A07s and the Galaxy A08. According to a hands-on review of the A08 by YouTuber Izzi Boye, when you open the box, you get only the phone, a quick-start guide, and a SIM tool. No cable, no charger—nothing to actually charge the device with.
The Galaxy A07s, released on September 7 in select markets, is a minor refresh of the standard A07, with Android 16 pre-installed and the Helio G99+ instead of the G99. The A08 is Samsung's newer entry-level 4G phone for 2026, priced at around $115 for the base 4GB/64GB configuration and $135 for the 6GB/128GB configuration. It runs on the MediaTek Helio G99+ chipset, paired with LPDDR5X RAM as Samsung winds down LPDDR4X production. The phone has a 6.7-inch HD+ LCD display, a 6,000 mAh battery with 25W wired charging support, and IP64 dust and splash resistance.
Samsung's removal of the charging brick from phone boxes isn't new; it has been standard since the Samsung Galaxy S21. But the cable was always the one thing left in—the bare minimum needed to get a phone running. The standard A07 still ships with a USB-C cable, so the A07s and A08 appear to be the first budget Galaxy phones to skip both accessories entirely. That's a rougher deal at this price point. A $115 phone is often someone's only device or a kid's first phone. Making those buyers source their own cable and charging brick before they can even charge the device feels like a cost-cutting measure that has landed on the wrong customers.
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