Samsung may raise Galaxy S27 prices more than planned — Korea Herald

Information has emerged in South Korea that Samsung Electronics may raise the starting prices of the upcoming Galaxy S27 smartphone series more than it originally planned. Korea Herald reports, citing Korean tipster Lanzuk. According to him, the company had already determined the initial pricing structure for the lineup but is revising it due to rising prices for DRAM and NAND flash memory.

Possible increase

Lanzuk, who posts leaks on the Naver platform, said the additional increase could reach an amount at the upper end of 130,000 won, or about $100. He also suggested that Samsung may raise prices differently depending on storage capacity. Under this approach, models with larger storage capacity could become more expensive to a greater extent.

Samsung has not officially confirmed its pricing plans for the Galaxy S27, and Lanzuk's claims have not been independently verified.

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Galaxy S26 prices

Price increases for the current Galaxy S26 series took effect on Thursday. In South Korea, the price of the Galaxy S26 with 256 GB of memory rose by 149,600 won, to 1.4036 million won. The price of the Galaxy S26 Ultra with 1 TB of storage increased by 276,100 won, to 2.8215 million won. Similar increases were also introduced in the United States.

Analytics firm TrendForce forecasts that contract prices for standard DRAM will rise by another 10–15% in the fourth quarter compared with the previous quarter, while NAND flash prices will increase by 15–20%. The company attributes the limited supply of mobile DRAM to suppliers prioritizing higher-margin server products.

Samsung cited high component costs across the industry as one of the factors behind the operating loss of 700 billion won incurred by its MX and Networks divisions in the second quarter.