Galaxy S27 rumored to cost at least KRW 130,000 more

A new rumor out of South Korea says Samsung's Galaxy S27 series will be at least KRW 130,000 (about $95) more expensive than its predecessors in the country, and that reported increase would apply to the base model only.

The same report says higher-capacity storage tiers would see larger price jumps. It cites the Galaxy S26 Ultra pricing at launch—$1,299 for the 256GB model and $1,499 for 512GB—as a point of comparison, and suggests the S27 Ultra base could start at $1,399 with a 512GB variant at $1,549 or higher. Taking those deltas forward, the 1TB S27 Ultra may approach the $2,000 mark; the S26 Ultra launched at $1,799 for the 1TB tier.

Those figures come with the usual caveats: the information is an unconfirmed rumor reported in Samsung's home market of South Korea, and the source does not assert that the same pricing pattern will automatically apply in other regions.

Storage-tier price gaps

The leak frames the increase as asymmetric: a KRW 130,000 uplift for the entry-level SKU, followed by progressively larger increments between each higher-capacity step. The report presents the S26-to-S27 comparisons as illustrative examples rather than definitive retail prices.

Supply pressure and component changes

The report attributes the upward pressure to an ongoing chip shortage driven by AI demand. It also notes Samsung is expected to equip the top-tier version of at least the Galaxy S27 Ultra with LPDDR6 RAM, which the report says is more expensive than LPDDR5X.