Reports suggest the Galaxy S27 Ultra will keep and expand a specialized manufacturing technique that first showed up on the current Ultra, with the goal of better image quality and a more compact camera module.
According to industry sources, Samsung Electronics and Samsung Electro-Mechanics are rolling out the inkjet lens printing process more widely on the Galaxy S27 Ultra. Instead of the usual anti-reflective films, they’re using a precise application of matte ink delivered through inkjet printing.
Film has traditionally done the job of soaking up stray light that causes flare and ghosting, but it also adds extra thickness inside an already cramped lens stack. Matte ink applied via inkjet printing does the same light-blocking work while taking up far less space.
Samsung first used this approach on the Galaxy S26 Ultra and now plans to apply it to three rear camera modules on the S27 Ultra. The specific lens layers involved are the L3 Tele, L3 Wide, and L6 Wide. Just like before, only one lens layer in each module gets the ink treatment. The rest stick with conventional film. This selective approach lets Samsung balance better optics, manufacturing yields, cost, and long-term reliability.
This refinement comes alongside a bigger change to the S27 Ultra’s camera setup. Recent reports say the S27 Ultra will switch to a triple rear-camera arrangement: a 200MP main sensor, a 50MP ultrawide, and a single 50MP 5x periscope telephoto, dropping the 3x telephoto. The Galaxy S27 Pro is expected to share the same main and ultrawide sensors but pair them with a 12-megapixel 3x telephoto instead. Both models are also said to get a 16-megapixel front camera.
By freeing up even a few micrometers inside each module, the inkjet process gives the engineers a bit more breathing room. That extra space can be used for better optical image stabilization, or simply keeping the camera bump under control. It’s a small but meaningful step toward improving the camera performance on the Galaxy S27 Ultra.
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(Source: ZDNET)
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