What you need to know
- Rumors claim that the Galaxy S27 and S27 Plus are “testing” with a Sony camera sensor, not Samsung’s ISOCELL.
- Although this change is claimed, the sensor can only deliver 50MP to the main lenses for both phones.
- Another rumor claims that Samsung is testing silicon-carbon battery technology for the Galaxy S27 series, after introducing foldable devices for 2026.
It’s been an eventful week with Samsung Unpacked Galaxy to fall reveals the main. Back to things, its next flagship phone upgrades are rumored.
Rumors started this week from several different sources. The first stems from it Galaxy Club (Netherlands), claims the Galaxy S27 and Galaxy S27 Plus could get camera tech from a new company (via GSMArena). Samsung usually replaces its internal Exynos chips with Qualcomm when its phones are launched in other markets (non-Korea or Europe). Now, rumors claim that Samsung may ditch the camera sensor ISOCELL in favor of Sony.
Citing information from an unnamed source, the publication tells Sony that this swap is “being tested” for the main sensor of the S27 and S27 Plus. Early tests suggest that this sensor will come in 50MP, and that’s only if testing goes well and we see the results. The Galaxy S27 rumors don’t end there, tipster Lanzuk In Naver (Korea) reports that the phones may receive a familiar battery update.
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Lanzuk claims that its silicon-carbon battery technology is currently “undergoing application testing” for Samsung’s next phones. While it’s easy to get excited early on, Lanzuk says there are still a lot of moving parts. First, the battery capacity is claimed not to increase. However, this may be due to the early stages of the series, as “nothing has been finalized”.
It varies a lot
Camera rumors haven’t been shy about Samsung’s S27 series. Specifically, there was gives information about The specs say the Galaxy S27 Ultra could sport an ISOCELL HP6 sensor. While this is an “upgrade”, the device was rumored to offer 200MP with this new sensor. Let’s not forget the alleged “Galaxy S27 Pro”. Word is that Samsung could release four Galaxy S series phones next year, with the Pro being the new kid on the block.
S27 Pro could feature cameras are closer to the Ultra experience, but with “all-new sensors” to change things up. The battery rumors for the S27 series are interesting. “We have heard rumors about Samsung”catch“It competes with better, bigger batteries. Of course we are talking about silicon-carbon batteries, but nothing is certain. What does It’s great to see that Samsung has their latest foldable devices rock this new technology.
Android Central’s Take
It feels like we’re moving into a unique timeline for Samsung. Its folding parts got the long-awaited battery upgrade. Could be better – cell capacity of course. Samsung still is under considerable competition. I guess it’s better to have silicon-carbon technology or not.
