Galaxy S27 price leak makes a compelling case… for the Galaxy S26
Our first indication of Samsung Galaxy S27 pricing has emerged, and it’s not looking good.
The leaks and rumours surrounding the Galaxy S27 series have been popping up for some time now, but the crucial matter of pricing has remained elusive.
We might have just received our first indication of how much the Samsung Galaxy S27 is going to cost, courtesy of a leaker on South Korean blog site Naver.
According to the post, the Galaxy S27 series will be at least 130,000 South Korean won more expensive than their Samsung Galaxy S26 counterparts. That works out to about £72, though direct conversions often understate the prices you end up paying in Europe and North America.
Luke Baker
It’s worth emphasising that this would be the amount for the base storage models. With the Galaxy S26 range, specifying more storage increased the price bump, so that 1TB Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra (currently costing £1,859) could well crack the £2,000 mark.
The reason for this isn’t a mystery. Massive expenditure on AI data centres has led to a critical shortage of memory components, forcing up manufacturing cost for smartphone manufacturers.
Add in the rumour that Samsung is looking to supply upgraded LPDDR6 RAM – for the Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra at least – and you have the recipe for yet another round of price increases.
We’ve said it before that now is not the ideal time to buy a brand new phone, but we now need to modify that warning: phones are only going to get more expensive in 2027.
With the Galaxy S26, S26+ and S26 Ultra available for hundreds less than they cost at launch, we’d highly recommend picking one up if you’re in the market for a new phone.
Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra size
The Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra is probably going to hit your pocket hard – and not just when it comes to the price.
According to established Samsung tipster Ice Universe, the Galaxy S27 Ultra will be even heavier than its predecessor at 218g. There’s only 4g in it, but we welcome the series still being significantly lighter than the 232g behemoth that was the Galaxy S24 Ultra.
Here’s hoping it doesn’t get too much heavier in future generations.
In better news, the X post also claims that the phone will be 7.9mm thick, which would be 0.3mm thinner than the Galaxy S26 Ultra before it. Will you notice, though? Unless comparing side-by-side, I’d guess not.
Either way, get ready for some significant price hikes on the first major phone launch of 2027. There’s no end in sight to RAMageddon.
