Korean news outlet ET News (via Phone Arena) reported that Samsung is considering adding a fourth model to the S27 lineup. For years, Samsung has launched three flagship Galaxy S phones every January or February: a base model, a Plus model, and an Ultra model. As ET News reports, Samsung may add a Galaxy S27 Pro model to the mix next year, which will share many of the same key features as the Ultra, but possibly with some compromises to bring the price down a bit.
The report is vague about which features will stay and which won’t, possibly because we’re so far away from the launch of these phones. A big takeaway from ET news is that the new, lower-priced Pro won’t include or support the S Pen, Samsung’s trademark stylus that became a standard feature of Galaxy Ultra phones a few years ago. According to ET News, it may also include a privacy display feature which will become one of the main selling points of the S26 Ultra.
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While this report suggests that Samsung will launch four phones in the Galaxy S line next year, it’s worth noting that as recently as last year, Samsung was reportedly going to replace the S26 Plus model with a thinner Edge model, inspired by the Galaxy S25 Edge. However, poor Edge sales scuppered that plan, leading Samsung to launch three S26 phones that were identical to last year. Samsung could theoretically try again by replacing the S27 Plus with the S27 Ultra, but based on this report, that won’t happen.
Sadly, we don’t know much about the S27 lineup yet. A previous leak a few months ago suggested that the S27 Ultra might feature an upgraded main rear camera sensor, but that report was vague about what the upgrade would actually entail. It would also be fair to expect upgrades to performance, battery life, and AI features, but we haven’t heard concrete details about them yet. It may take us some time to do this.
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