14 DAY TRIAL // From a hardware perspective, Samsung Galaxy Note 10 will technically be the latest and greatest smartphone ever released by the South Korean company.
And while it’ll indeed be the top model of the company, it won’t be a pioneer as far as the processor under the hood is concerned.
Qualcomm took the wraps off the Snapdragon 855 Plus earlier this week, and the company promised noticeable performance upgrades that are particularly aimed at flagship.
With the Note 10 projected to launch next month, it was believed that Samsung already tested the Snapdragon 855 Plus ahead of the chip’s public release, so its next flagship would come with it for top performance.
But according to a report from German site WinFuture, that’s not going to happen. Instead, Samsung will use the original Snapdragon 855 processor that is already available on the Galaxy S10, so the performance of the two devices will be very similar.
Exynos now a better option?
Samsung, however, will launch the Note 10 with two different chip versions, depending on the market where the device goes on sale.
In the United States and other countries, the Note 10 will indeed be offered with a Snapdragon processor, while elsewhere it will feature Samsung’s latest Exynos chip, which will actually sport a series of upgrades over the version installed on the international versions of the Galaxy S10.
In other words, there’s a chance the Note 10 with an Exynos chip would provide better performance versus its Snapdragon sibling, albeit this is obviously something that remains to be seen when the device goes on sale next month.
If this information is accurate, the first phone that could come with the Snapdragon 855 Plus could be the Google Pixel 4, which launches later in the fall.