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Lanzuk: Galaxy S27 يرجع لموعد يناير بعد تأخير S26 لمارس — وSamsung لسا محتارة بين LPDDR6 وUFS 5 للـ Pro وUltra بسبب أسعار الذاكرة

Lanzuk: Galaxy S27 returns to a January launch after the S26 slipped to March, and Samsung is still torn on LPDDR6 and UFS 5 for the Pro and Ultra because of memory prices

by Slorks 2026-10-20 5 0 replies
Machine-translated — the Arabic text is the original
Lanzuk: Galaxy S27 يرجع لموعد يناير بعد تأخير S26 لمارس — وSamsung لسا محتارة بين LPDDR6 وUFS 5 للـ Pro وUltra بسبب أسعار الذاكرةالصورة: Samsung عبر GSMArena

The Galaxy S26 slipped this year to a late-February announcement and an early-March release, and according to Korean leaker Lanzuk (yeux1122 on Naver), relayed on Monday by Android Authority, GSMArena and SamMobile, Samsung wants its usual slot back: Galaxy S27 in January 2027, "February at the latest". For comparison, the S24 was announced mid-January, the S25 late January and the S26 late February.

Samsung LPDDR6
Samsung LPDDR6, the upgrade that may be postponed on the S27 Pro and Ultra because of memory prices — Photo: Samsung via GSMArena

What is decided and what is open

DateJanuary 2027 (February at the latest), unofficial
S27 and S27+Key components finalised: LPDDR5X and UFS 4.x, with the Exynos 2700 in most markets outside China and North America (per SamMobile)
S27 Pro and S27 UltraLPDDR6 and UFS 5 were the plan; Samsung is weighing a delay because memory prices rose "several-fold" in a year
Ultra chipSnapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 or Exynos 2700; reports of heat in early testing, which Qualcomm denied last week
LPDDR6 vs LPDDR5X10.6 to 14.4Gbps per pin versus 8.5Gbps
UFS 5 vs UFS 4.1Reads up to 10.8GB/s and writes 9.8GB/s (roughly double), about 40% more power-efficient
PriceAndroid Authority: Samsung raised S26 prices in Korea and the US and asked suppliers to cut supply by up to 30%; the S27 is likely to cost more

Why it matters

Samsung Gulf usually opens pre-orders on Unpacked day and delivers within two weeks, so a January date puts the S27 in stores before Ramadan (which starts around mid-February 2027) instead of repeating the S26, which arrived in early March. More important for us: if the Exynos 2700 is confirmed for the S27 and S27+ in our region, as usual, the question that returns every year is back, especially if the Ultra goes Exynos too.

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My take

Returning to January is good news, but the story behind it matters more: Samsung is considering selling the S27 Pro and Ultra with current-generation memory at a higher price, because memory has become the most expensive component after the display. If that happens, upgrading from an S26 Ultra only makes sense for the camera or the chip. I would rather have an S27 Ultra with UFS 5 a month late than an S27 Ultra with UFS 4.1 early, because the memory you buy today has to live through seven years of updates.

Sources: GSMArena · Android Authority · SamMobile · Slorks — تسريب الشرائح والأسعار · Slorks — رد Qualcomm

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