# The Samsung Galaxy A27 has landed as the budget successor to the A26, but it’s an odd mix of upgrades and downgrades

> Samsung has announced the Galaxy A27This budget phone has a faster chipset than the A26 along with a refined design and an improved selfie cameraHowever, it has worse water resistance and fewer megapixels in its…

- **Source:** [TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/phones/samsung-galaxy-phones/the-samsung-galaxy-a27-lands-with-several-key-upgrades-over-the-a26-but-one-core-feature-has-surprisingly-gotten-worse?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=6a3d6f26f411e3e99c5ef828)
- **Published:** 2026-06-25
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #samsung #galaxy #snapdragon #ai #android #galaxy-a-27
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