Samsung may have just killed a highly anticipated Galaxy S27 camera upgrade
Samsung may have decided against bringing one of its old camera tricks back for the Galaxy S27 series, just as Apple prepares to adopt something similar on the iPhone 18 Pro. According to Korean publication ETNews, Samsung has decided not to equip the Galaxy S27 series with a variable aperture camera. The company had reportedly been developing the technology with several camera module suppliers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics and MCNEX.
- ▪Samsung may have decided against bringing one of its old camera tricks back for the Galaxy S27 series, just as Apple prepares to adopt something similar on the iPhone 18 Pro.
- ▪According to Korean publication ETNews, Samsung has decided not to equip the Galaxy S27 series with a variable aperture camera.
- ▪The company had reportedly been developing the technology with several camera module suppliers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics and MCNEX.
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Samsung may have decided against bringing one of its old camera tricks back for the Galaxy S27 series, just as Apple prepares to adopt something similar on the iPhone 18 Pro. According to Korean publication ETNews, Samsung has decided not to equip the Galaxy S27 series with a variable aperture camera. The company had reportedly been developing the technology with several camera module suppliers, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics and MCNEX. Samsung has been here before Variable aperture would hardly be new territory for Samsung. The company introduced its Dual Aperture camera on the Galaxy S9 in 2018, allowing the main camera to switch between f/1.5 and f/2.4 depending on available light.
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