Samsung fans were excited this week after a device believed to be the Samsung Galaxy A77 appeared on Geekbench. The A7x series has been inactive since the Galaxy A73 launched in 2022, so the supposed comeback generated instant buzz. However, new details now reveal the story is far more complicated — and the Galaxy A77 may not be real after all.
Early Geekbench Listing Sparks Galaxy A77 Rumors
The first listing showed what looked like a prototype Samsung Galaxy A77 running Android 16 with 8GB of RAM. The chipset appeared to be a new Exynos-based SoC. It featured ten CPU cores, including three Prime cores at 2.78GHz, three performance cores at 2.3GHz, and four efficiency cores at 1.82GHz.
The configuration resembled the Exynos 2400 and 2400e but with noticeably lower clock speeds. This suggested that the device could be an upper-midrange phone built using lower-bin chips from the Exynos 2400 family. The leak fueled speculation that Samsung might revive the dormant A7x lineup in 2024 or early 2025. Fans even speculated that the Galaxy A77 could launch around March, possibly alongside the rumored Galaxy A57.
But the excitement was short-lived.
Community Investigations Reveal the A77 Doesn’t Exist
A deeper investigation unfolded in the Samsung APKs Telegram group. Members discovered that the so-called Galaxy A77 listing was actually generated from a rooted Galaxy S24 FE.
The phone’s owner altered the chip details and changed the model number to SM-A776B, making it appear like a new Galaxy A device. These tweaks tricked the Geekbench database into identifying it as a Galaxy A77.
Experts confirmed that the chipset listed matched the modified Exynos 2400e used in the Galaxy S24 FE. Although such tampering is rare due to the technical difficulty of altering model numbers at the system level, it has happened before. This incident reignited speculation about the A7x series, even though no actual device exists.
Samsung has no plans to revive the A7x line. Since the Galaxy A73, the company has discontinued premium A-series phones in favor of its Galaxy S FE lineup, which now fills the gap with affordable, high-spec models.
The confusion may have sparked hope, but the Samsung Galaxy A77 remains fiction — at least for now.
