Samsung is making some pretty big changes to the Galaxy S27 Ultra.
And while most of these changes sound great, one of them could turn out to be a huge risk for Samsung. Let me explain. Recent reports have revealed the expected charging speeds for the Galaxy S27 lineup. Recent certification reports suggest that the Galaxy S27 Ultra and Galaxy S27 Pro could support 60W wired charging. According to current reports, the standard Galaxy S27 could retain 25W charging, while the Galaxy S27 Plus may continue to support 45W.
The Galaxy S27 Ultra and Galaxy S27 Pro are also reportedly expected to feature larger silicon-carbon batteries , although we still don’t know the exact capacities of the base models. Also we still don’t have any information on wireless charging, but honestly, I wouldn’t expect any upgrades there. So overall, charging isn’t really changing much year over year. But the Pro getting the same 60W charging as the Ultra once again reinforces the idea that it’s basically shaping up to be a smaller version of the Ultra, just without S Pen support.
Next up, Samsung might finally be fixing one of the little annoyances with the Ultra phones. According to the CAD dimensions, the S27 Ultra is getting a slightly more rounded frame with softer edges compared to the S26 Ultra. It’s not a dramatic visual change, but Samsung is apparently adding deeper bevels, which should make the phone more comfortable to hold. And that’s one of those changes that’s probably going to be much more noticeable in your hand than in a photo. Now, let’s talk about the battery. This tipster claims the S27 Ultra could deliver the most impressive battery life we’ve ever seen on a Galaxy phone.
That’s obviously a bold claim, but the S27 Ultra is getting a 14% larger battery, which works out to be another 700mAh. And that’s before we even factor in improvements to the processor, display, modem, or power management. Samsung has also been pretty good at battery optimization. Recent battery tests have shown its 5,000mAh phones can compete with, and sometimes even outperform, Chinese phones with 6,000mAh or larger batteries. So if Samsung can maintain that efficiency while adding another 700mAh, we could be looking at a pretty significant jump in battery life. Now here’s where things get a bit controversial. A Korean publication recently reported that Samsung placed an order for S27 Ultra motherboards equipped with the Exynos 2700. Basically, the report suggests that Samsung could use Exynos in the Ultra in select markets, including South Korea, while the US would get Snapdragon exclusively. If that’s true, Samsung would be using an Exynos chip in its Ultra models for the first time in five years. But there’s another side to this story. Another source claims that this Exynos order is actually a negotiating tactic from Samsung to get Qualcomm to lower the price of its Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 5 chip. And according to that source, Samsung has already successfully negotiated the pricing, meaning the S27 Ultra could still end up using Snapdragon exclusively.
So yeah… pretty confusing. We’ll probably need a few more leaks before we know what’s actually happening. The good news is that the Exynos 2700 doesn’t sound like a slouch. A recent leak claims it’s getting a new deca-core CPU, a huge 24MB system cache, and a much larger NPU. And in English, that could mean some serious performance improvements. Some reports even claim it could outperform the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 in certain tests. But peak performance is one thing. Sustained performance and efficiency are another.
We’ve seen this story before: Exynos looks incredible in the leaks, it’s supposedly going to beat Snapdragon, and then the phones launch and… well, reality is a little different. So I’ll believe it when I see it. But if Samsung does put Exynos in the S27 Ultra, that’s a pretty significant risk. The Ultra is the one phone where people expect Samsung to give them the absolute best. Putting different processors in different markets could bring back the entire Exynos versus Snapdragon debate. And honestly, after everything Samsung has done to move away from that controversy, I’m not sure they really want to go down that road again. Anyway, if you want to see exactly what 10 changes Samsung is bringing to the S27 Ultra, click right here, and I’ll see you there.