Bad news: The Galaxy S27 series could get really expensive

The RAM crisis is showing no signs of abating, as AI companies greedily buy up memory and other key components. This has resulted in higher prices for consumer electronics, with even Samsung forced to increase the price of its smartphones in 2026. Now, we’ve got more details about Samsung’s apparent price strategy for the Galaxy S27 series.

Korean blogger and tipster yeux1122 reports that Samsung plans to institute price increases for the Galaxy S27 range. These increases will apparently take place “across various storage capacities and models.”

This statement suggests that, in addition to higher prices for each model in general, there could be a bigger price gap between the different storage variants. The leaker previously claimed that the Galaxy S27 Pro and Ultra could use newer and more expensive UFS 5.1 storage and LPDDR6 RAM.

What about a specific price range for these increases? Well, the tipster says this increase could range from 100,000 won to more than 130,000 won (~$74 to ~$96). It’s worth noting that these apparent figures only apply to Korea. It’s therefore possible that other markets could see smaller or larger price hikes. But it definitely sounds like a price hike of some kind is on the cards globally.

For what it’s worth, the Galaxy S26 phones saw price increases across most variants (bar the base S26 Ultra). This meant that the Galaxy S26 started at $900 for the base 256GB variant — a $100 increase over the 128GB Galaxy S25 and a $40 increase over the 256GB variant. In other words, don’t be surprised if the cheapest Galaxy S27 starts at over $950.