Earlier this year, a rumor has been spread that the Galaxy S23 series will use only Snapdragon chipsets. Whereas, previously Samsung has used a mix of Qualcomm Snapdragon and its Exynos chipsets for these Flagship phones. This might get changed for next year.
Qualcomm has confirmed that Samsung Galaxy S23 series will be powered by Snapdragon chipsets. Furthermore, it has been said Snapdragon chipsets will be used more in Samsung products ever than before.
There has been made a reduction in Exynos’s share in the mix as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset was utilized in 70% of all Galaxy S22 units whereas Exynos accounted for 30%. Although Samsung’s LSI division is said to be working on the Exynos 2300 chipset, it seems that the decision has been made to exclusively use the next-generation Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for the Galaxy S23 series (Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Samsung Galaxy S23+, and Samsung Galaxy S23).
Qualcomm CEO, Cristiano Amon during a Q&A session with the company’s analyst after the company’s quarterly result had put on some point regarding this matter. As earlier, Qualcomm has announced the renewal of its chip supply agreement with Samsung for the next 7 years until 2030. “In addition to Galaxy smartphones, the agreement includes PCs, tablets, extended reality, and more,” he said.
He further added that “The way you should think about it is Snapdragon will power their Galaxy product line, their Galaxy flagship products. And what I can say at this point is we were 75% on Galaxy S22 before the agreement. You should be thinking about we’re going to be much better than that on Galaxy S23 and beyond.”
Adding more, he said Qualcomm will be powering Samsung devices globally. This clearly says that it is likely that Samsung won’t be using Exynos chipsets as much. It previously supplied devices with Snapdragon chipsets in just a few markets while the rest of the world got the Exynos variant.
Amon’s words also highlight that this new agreement with Samsung will expand beyond Galaxy smartphones and includes “Galaxy books, Windows PCs, Galaxy tablets, future extended reality devices, and other devices.
