{"id":741650,"date":"2026-07-03T22:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741650\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T22:05:22","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s27-pro-and-ultra-tipped-for-an-iphone-like-camera-upgrade-thatll-massively-improve-selfies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/741650\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra tipped for an iPhone-like camera upgrade that’ll massively improve selfies"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra series isn\u2019t expected to arrive until early 2027, but we\u2019ve already heard quite a lot of what to expect, including a larger battery<\/a> and the introduction of magnetic Qi2 wireless charging<\/a> alongside the inevitable upgrade in processing power.<\/p>\n

But it seems that the introduction of MagSafe-style charging won\u2019t be the only similarity between Samsung\u2019s flagship and recent iPhones.<\/p>\n

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According to the Dutch tech site Galaxy Club<\/a>, both the Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra variants will adopt a brand new front-facing selfie camera. This will see an upgrade to 16MP from the previous sharper 12MP number introduced with the Galaxy S23 Ultra<\/a>, but more interesting is the shape.<\/p>\n

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Galaxy Club\u2019s sources suggest it will feature a square sensor, and that could mean something akin to Apple\u2019s Center Stage coming to Samsung flagships.<\/p>\n

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Backing up a little bit for those not familiar, Center Stage is an innovation Apple introduced<\/a> with the 2021 iPad Pro<\/a>. A part of the front-camera, it tracks subjects as they move, ensuring they\u2019re always centered, which was especially useful at a time when working from home was on the rise thanks to the Coronavirus pandemic that started the year before it was introduced.<\/p>\n

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Since then, it has filtered through to more devices in the Apple ecosystem, arriving on phones with last year\u2019s iPhone 17<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

Center Stage on iPhone 17<\/a> takes advantage of the square sensor to offer the same image shape regardless of whether you\u2019re holding the handset horizontally or vertically, while maintaining the ability to intelligently pan, crop and zoom to keep the subject (or subjects) centered.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re just taking a selfie of yourself, the camera will give you a tight crop, but if friends join, it\u2019ll have the space to expand out wider.<\/p>\n

Essentially, the shape gives the camera more room to pan in any direction, regardless of how the phone is being held. While there may be another reason Samsung is looking at changing the sensor\u2019s shape, this feels like a good working theory for now.<\/p>\n

To be clear, the sensor in the iPhone 17 family is 18MP, so it has a slightly higher resolution than the one tipped for the Samsung Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra handsets. But I\u2019d be surprised if that made that big a difference to output.<\/p>\n

A long way to go<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re still likely seven-to-nine months away from the Samsung Galaxy S27 series\u2019 release date, so this is likely the first leak of many.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, we\u2019re expecting the company\u2019s next foldables \u2014 the Galaxy Z Fold 8<\/a>, Z Fold 8 Ultra<\/a> and Z Flip 8<\/a> \u2014 to arrive at an Unpacked event tipped later this month<\/a>. While different kinds of handset altogether, their specs and design choices may give us hints of where Samsung is going with the S27 series in 2027.<\/p>\n

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