Galaxy S27 Ultra and S27 Pro: New Cameras, Batteries, More

Quick summary: Here are the rumored specs for the Galaxy S27 Pro and S27 Ultra. None of it is locked in, so take it with a grain of salt, but a good one.

Galaxy S27 Pro

• Display: 6.6-inch 2K 120Hz OLED with anti-reflective coating and a privacy display.
• Chip: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 for Galaxy, probably the “extreme” edition.
• Cameras: 200MP main, 50MP ultra-wide and 12MP 3x telephoto.
• Battery: 5,200mAh, more than the S26 Ultra and any S-series phone so far, in a smaller body.
• Charging: Qi2 wireless with built-in magnets.
• Other: USB 3.2 and IP68. No S Pen, to set it apart from the Ultra.

Apart from the new camera design, nothing is drastically different. The Ultra will probably still outsell it, but I think the Pro will be really popular with people who want a compact flagship.

Galaxy S27 Ultra

• Display: 6.9-inch 2K LTPO with newer M16 OLED materials (up from M15), a privacy display and anti-reflective coating.
• Chip: Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 for Galaxy, likely the extreme version and among the most powerful on Android.
• Cameras: 200MP main, 50MP ultra-wide and 50MP 5x periscope, with the new camera housing that should reduce or eliminate table wobble.
• Battery: 5,700mAh, with Qi2 magnets.
• Other: S Pen, aluminum frame, USB 3.2 and IP68.

The battery jumps from 5,000mAh don’t sound huge, but the Z Fold 8 showed how a few hundred extra mAh can noticeably improve battery life.

What’s new this year

Samsung usually picks a few areas to upgrade each year. This time it looks like cameras, the display (probably a better privacy display, especially in the dark), a bigger battery and magnets, while charging speed probably stays the same. If you’re coming from an S22 to S24, it’s a major upgrade. From an S25 or S26, maybe less so.

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