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TL;DR Samsung accidentally leaked the Galaxy A27, revealing nearly everything before the official launch.
A Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 chip apparently replaces previous Exynos processors, paired with up to 256GB of expandable storage.
Samsung appears to have downgraded water resistance from IP67 to IP64.
Samsung just made a classic blunder, inadvertently leaking the product page of the unannounced Galaxy A27 on its Czech Republic website. The company took down the webpage quickly, but the internet kept the receipts. What we have here is a mid-range phone that packs some serious processor muscle, a massive software perk, but it seems to drop the ball on water resistance.
The now-deleted product page, which was spotted by SamMobile, listed the phone as having a 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The Galaxy A26 could finally ditch the old notch design in favor of a modern Infinity-O hole-punch cutout for its 12MP selfie camera.
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It also looks like Samsung’s going with the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 processor inside this phone, corroborating previous reports. This is a good course correction from the Exynos 1380 and 1280 chips that powered the previous generation. It looks like it will be backed by 6GB of RAM and 128/256GB of storage that you can further expand via a hybrid microSD slot.
However, the listing does hint that the A27 is downgraded to IP64. It gains dust and splash resistance but sacrifices the proper IP67 water immersion protection that made the A26 such an easy recommendation.
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