Roland Quandt says the Galaxy S27 Ultra will keep a 50MP 5x optical zoom telephoto camera. He also says the phone will add a 16MP selfie camera with autofocus. For buyers tracking whether Samsung is actually changing the camera hardware, that points to a small front-camera step and a familiar zoom setup.
Roland Quandt and the Galaxy S27 Ultra
Back in late August, a rumor said Samsung would switch the Galaxy S27 Ultra to a new 4x optical zoom telephoto camera with a 1/1.9" type sensor. Earlier this week, another source pushed back and said the phone would keep the exact same 5x optical zoom telephoto camera as the Galaxy S26 Ultra. Roland Quandt now lands on the same side of that split, and he adds that the telephoto unit uses a Sony sensor.
That leaves the long-range camera looking more like continuity than a clean break. Readers waiting for a bigger zoom upgrade should not expect 4x optical zoom from this report. The practical change instead sits at the front of the phone, where a 16MP selfie camera with autofocus should give the Galaxy S27 Ultra a sharper face-capture setup than the S26 Ultra's 12MP selfie camera.
Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra camera mix
Quandt also says the ultrawide camera will have 50MP resolution. He says that ultrawide camera will match the S26 Ultra. The result is a camera line-up that appears to be selective rather than wholesale, with the selfie camera changing and the main zoom path staying familiar.
Samsung reshapes Galaxy S27 Ultra lineup with four models points to broader changes around the phone, and the camera report fits that pattern without promising a full sensor reset. The M16 OLED panel is also expected for the device, so the display side may move forward even if the zoom hardware does not.
What buyers should watch
The unresolved piece is whether Samsung will stick with this camera layout across every version of the Galaxy S27 Ultra. The chipset split between Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Exynos 2700 has already been tied to some market differences, so camera buyers will want the same level of clarity before choosing a region-specific model.
Until Samsung says more, the safest reading is simple: the Galaxy S27 Ultra now looks set to keep a 50MP 5x optical zoom telephoto camera, while the selfie camera gets the more obvious upgrade.
