Galaxy S27 Ultra Leak: 200MP Camera, No 3x Zoom — and a New Pro Model

By Fatima Raza | 11 November 2026

The Galaxy S27 Ultra leak points to the biggest camera shake-up in Samsung’s flagship line in years: the 200MP main camera stays, the 3x zoom goes, and a brand-new Galaxy S27 Pro joins the range. But first: Samsung has confirmed absolutely nothing. Every specification below is a leak, the hardware is still “under evaluation”, and the final phones could change before the expected early-2027 launch.

Details come from a SammyGuru report published on 9 November 2026, listing the camera sensors Samsung is said to be evaluating.

Key Facts

The Ultra Loses Its 3x Zoom

For years, Ultra buyers got two zoom cameras: a short 3x lens and a longer 5x periscope. The leak says that era ends. The S27 Ultra is tipped to keep only the 5x telephoto — reportedly a 50MP Sony IMX855 or Samsung S5KJN3 unit — and drop the 10MP 3x camera entirely. That would make it the first Ultra since the Galaxy S20 Ultra (2020) with only one zoom camera.

So what happens at 3x? The phone would crop into its 200MP main sensor — about one-ninth of it, roughly 22MP — through the main camera’s wider f/1.4 lens, which lets in far more light than the old 3x camera’s f/2.4. Samsung already crops at 2x and calls it “Optical Quality Zoom”, and early analysis says 3x shots in good light should hold up. Low light is the open question — if you use 3x daily, test it in reviews before upgrading.

The main camera is not standing still. The leak names a new 200MP Samsung ISOCELL HP6 sensor (S5KHP6), reportedly about 1/1.3 inches — the same size as the HP2 in every Ultra since the S23 Ultra — with LOFIC added to help each pixel hold detail in bright light. It reportedly outputs images at 16,320 x 12,240 pixels.

Meet the Galaxy S27 Pro

The most interesting phone in the leak may not be the Ultra: Samsung is tipped to add a fourth model, the Galaxy S27 Pro, between the S27+ and Ultra. On the leaked specs it gets the Ultra’s 200MP HP6 main sensor and 50MP ultrawide, plus a single 3x telephoto using the Samsung S5K3LD sensor from the S26 Ultra’s 3x camera. What it does not get: the 5x periscope or the S Pen.

That could make the Pro the sweet spot: most of the Ultra’s camera hardware in a smaller phone, with a display tipped around 6.5 inches against the Ultra’s 6.9. The catch will be price — the Pro is expected to sit between the S27+ and the Ultra, though 9to5Google has suggested the Pro’s S5K3LD listing may be a typo. The Pro and Ultra are also tipped to share a new 16MP front camera, the first selfie change since the S23.

Leaked Camera Specs

The base models are the least exciting part of the leak: the S27 and S27+ are tipped to keep almost the same camera hardware Samsung has shipped since 2022. The main sensor may change — Samsung is said to be choosing between its own S5KGNG sensor and a 50MP Sony IMX955, with Sony-sensor prototypes reportedly tested since July. The ultrawide would stay the 12MP Sony IMX564, used since the Galaxy S23, and the 3x zoom the Samsung S5K3K1.

A New Look: The Camera Bar

The camera changes come with a design overhaul. Dummy units — non-working models built from early specifications — show the S27 Ultra swapping its “traffic light” lens rings for a wide, oblong camera module. One CAD-based dummy measures 163.76 x 78.25 x 7.97mm, a fraction bigger than the S26 Ultra. Sonny Dickson’s dummy photos from 10 November 2026 show the same camera bar on the Pro and Ultra, and the S Pen slot is expected to remain.

Chips, Battery and Magnets

The S27 Ultra is tipped to run Qualcomm’s new 2nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme globally, the Pro the regular 8 Elite Gen 6 in some markets, and the S27 and S27+ Samsung’s Exynos 2700 outside North America. The chipset split keeps changing, so treat it as fluid. Entry models are tipped to start at 12GB RAM and 256GB storage.

Battery figures genuinely conflict. Certification-linked reporting puts the base S27 at 4,900mAh, the Pro at 5,000–5,200mAh and the Ultra at 5,500–5,700mAh with silicon-carbon packaging. Other reports have floated figures as high as 7,000mAh, but nothing in the certification-linked data supports that. Premium models are tipped to keep 60W wired and 25W wireless charging, with built-in magnet rings adding Qi2 charging.

What It Means for Buyers

Rising component costs are the likely reason — Samsung has already raised S26 prices in the US by $100, and early Reddit reaction is mostly negative. The counter-argument: a 200MP sensor with LOFIC, cropped cleverly, may cover the 3x range most people use.

Got a Galaxy S24 or newer and want a better camera? The leak says wait for the Pro. Ultra owners who use 3x daily should read the cropped-3x reviews before upgrading. Shopping for a Galaxy S26 now? The leak gives you no camera reason to wait for the regular S27. The wider race is not standing still: the Xiaomi 18 Pro launches globally in Paris on 17 November, and the Oppo Reno 17 is due in China on 16 November. Xiaomi owners should check the Xiaomi HyperOS 4 rollout to see if their phone gets the latest software first.

There are no prices yet, and Samsung has not set an unveil date for the S27 series. Sensor choices are still under evaluation, battery figures conflict, and the dummy units use early CAD data, not finished phones. Expect more leaks before January — and expect at least one to contradict this one. Until then, this is a leak, not a launch.

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Fatima Raza covers smartphones and consumer technology for TimelyUps. This article is based on leaked, unconfirmed reports.