14 DAY TRIAL // The Samsung Galaxy S series comes with different chips depending on the market where it’s being sold, and in the last couple of years, this approach has caused quite a controversy that eventually hurt the South Korean company’s image quite significantly.
In the United States, Samsung Galaxy S phones are being sold with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, whereas in Europe, it’s available with the company’s in-house built Exynos.
Based on third-party tests, the Exynos chips have proved significantly slower than the Snapdragon siblings, and given some markets couldn’t order the faster models, it’s easy to see why some people ended up disappointed with their Samsung phones.
But according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who is known for very reliable scoops on the mobile industry, this approach is going to change beginning with the Galaxy S23.
Galaxy S23 expected in January or February
Samsung could finally offer the Galaxy S series with the Snapdragon chip exclusively, as the company might give up on selling an Exynos variant of the phone.
“Qualcomm will likely be the sole processor supplier for Samsung Galaxy S23 (vs. 70% shipment proportion for S22) thanks to the next flagship 5G chip SM8550 made by TSMC 4nm,” Kuo explained in a series of tweets a few days ago.
“S23 may not adopt Exynos 2300 made by Samsung 4nm because it can't compete with SM8550 in all aspects. SM8550 is optimized for TSMC's design rule, so it has obvious advantages over SM8450/SM8475 in computing power and power efficiency. Qualcomm/SM8550 will gain more market share in the high-end Android market in 2023. The economic recession affects the high-end market less, so the market share gain will significantly benefit Qualcomm and TSMC.”
Samsung’s next Galaxy S lineup is expected to see the daylight in January or February next year, so expect more information on this front to surface by the time this happens.