Back in April, a rumor from Korea claimed that Samsung was redesigning the backs of the entire Galaxy S27 family, with the camera island being moved around so that the company could finally fit magnets for wireless charging into its flagship phones.
A few days later, the speculative render seen below emerged, purportedly showing the design of the Galaxy S27 Ultra (which is also expected to come back with just three cameras). However, a new rumor from Korea now claims that Samsung has not made up its mind yet.
This source says all the rumored designs (including the one depicted above) are wrong. The company is reportedly considering multiple alternative solutions, but none of them feature “a simple horizontal layout” like this one. So perhaps there are more complex horizontal designs on the table.
The most interesting part of this rumor is that it alleges Samsung could completely scrap the idea altogether, leaving the original vertical camera island design untouched except for the removal of one camera. Thus, the Galaxy S27 Ultra could end up looking similar to the Galaxy S26 and S26+, more so than the Galaxy S26 Ultra.
Of course, it is still very early in these phones’ development cycle, so there are no guarantees that any of these rumors are accurate. That is why it is always a good idea to take them with a grain of salt.
