Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra is expected to be launched early next year.
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra features a quad camera system at the back
Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra was launched in February as the South Korean tech conglomerate's flagship handset. The smartphone was unveiled alongside the new Galaxy S26 and Galaxy S26+. While it has only been a couple of months since the handset's launch, leaks and rumours regarding its successor have already started surfacing online. Recently, a report highlighted that the Galaxy S27 Ultra will be powered by an unreleased SoC from Qualcomm, which could be marketed as the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. Now, a tipster claims that the rumoured handset will drop one of the camera sensors found on this year's Galaxy S26 Ultra.
In a post on X, tipster Ice Universe (@UniverseIce) claims that the tech giant's next flagship phone, which could be called the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra, will not feature the 10-megapixel telephoto camera present on the previous generations of the Galaxy S Ultra series handsets. The telephoto camera offers up to 3x optical zoom, f/2.4 aperture, Phase Detection Auto Focus (PDAF), and optical image stabilisation (OIS). Since the tech giant has not announced the Galaxy S27 series yet, one must take this information with a pinch of salt.
It's unclear whether the other camera sensors on the rumoured Galaxy S series phone will remain unchanged or not. Apart from the 3x telephoto camera, the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra also carries a 200-megapixel primary shooter on the back, with an f/1.4 aperture, PDAF, and OIS, along with a 50-megapixel telephoto periscope sensor, offering 5x optical zoom and an f/2.9 aperture. The phone also sports a 50-megapixel ultrawide camera with an f/1.9 aperture and a 120-degree field of view. The flagship Samsung Galaxy S series handset boasts a 12-megapixel (f/2.2) camera on the front for selfies and video calls.
This comes shortly after a report highlighted that the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra is expected to be launched early next year with a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro chipset from Qualcomm. The SoC will reportedly offer enhanced performance and efficiency over the Galaxy S26 Ultra's 3nm octa core Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip.
Samsung's next Ultra model will reportedly also pack a silicon-carbon battery, marking the shift for the South Korean tech giant from lithium-ion cells to the more energy-dense battery technology. This could allow the company to pack a significantly larger battery into the Galaxy S27 Ultra, compared to the 5,000mAh battery found on this year's Galaxy S26 Ultra.
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