Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra: Design database points to a potential new camera look

Design sketches suggest a horizontal Galaxy S27 Ultra camera

Sammyguru has now found evidence of a potential design change in the WIPO design database, from which the sketches shown here are said to originate. The small logo showing Samsung's classical vertical camera module is of course Sammyguru's watermark. What’s interesting are the sketches surrounding it. Here, we can see a classic Samsung phone design with rounded corners and flat edges. Instead of the usual vertical cameras on the left, the back features a horizontal camera bar though, that appears quite flat and is housing three individual cameras.
 

Benefits of a horizontal camera in the Galaxy S27 Ultra

These sketches do not necessarily mean that Samsung will use this design for the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Indications from the supply chain a few weeks ago suggested that, at least as of early July, Samsung had not yet made a final decision on a redesign. That may have changed in the meantime. The well-known leaker Ice Universe, who also shared the presumably AI-generated image at the top of this article, is emphasizing that he wouldn’t object to such a design change for the Galaxy S27 camera.

In fact, this presents Samsung with an opportunity to eliminate some of the drawbacks of the current design. For example, a horizontal camera would finally allow for stable writing or typing on a table, making that unsightly wobble a thing of the past. It would also free up more space on the back for Qi2-compatible accessories, potentially enabling magnetic support without a case, as seen on the Pixel 11 and Pixel 11 Pro, for instance. Last but not least, the design change could also signal a fresh new start for the camera, which has hardly changed in recent years but is expected to bring some innovations in 2027, such as a new main camera.