We’re not here to tell you that Samsung’s next Galaxy S flagships are likely releasing in early 2027. That’s just the standard at this point, as are the phones that the South Korean company brings with them. In this case, that’ll be the Galaxy S27, S27 Plus, and the S27 Ultra. But it seems that Samsung is breaking tradition elsewhere this time.
Not-so Samsung Galaxy S27
We’re specifically talking about the base Galaxy S27, rumours of which reckon it won’t truly be a part of the Galaxy family. Sure, it’ll have all the bits you’d expect from the weakest Galaxy of the high-end bunch. Except for the screen. Next year, it seems, the task of producing the screen for the S27 will fall to BOE, and not Samsung Display.
That’s quite the departure from how Samsung has always done things. Samsung Display makes some of the best screens around, evidenced by the fact that Huawei, Apple, and several others all use the company’s display tech, and often. Now, not even Samsung’s own creation will use its manufacturing processes, a first for the Galaxy S family.
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The alleged reason why Samsung is eschewing its own display is slightly boring and not the hot gossip we’d hoped for. According to a report from ZDNet (via Android Authority), Samsung is outsourcing the job to offset the rising memory and storage costs currently hitting all industries pretty hard. The report notes that BOE has been trying to break into Samsung’s Galaxy S manufacturing chain for years, but with no success.
Until now, it seems. These BOE-made displays would still be OLED, but risk losing out on the quality that sets Samsung’s screens apart from the rest. If Samsung is willing to make such a concession for its flagship series, it’ll be willing to make more. It may not result in a sudden decrease in quality, but stretched over the coming years…
