When the Galaxy S23 series arrives early next year, it will be the first Galaxy S series in six years not to come with Samsung's Exynos chipset. Samsung's Galaxy S series smartphones used to come with Exynos chipsets in all markets, but that changed in 2017 when it unveiled the Galaxy S8. The phone was available in China and the U.S. with a Snapdragon 835 processor, while Europe, the Middle East and Africa got the version with an Exynos 8895 chipset.
While this formula was new to the Galaxy S series, it wasn't the first time Samsung had adopted it. The Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Note 4 launched in Exynos and Snapdragon variants. However, Samsung suspended the practice for a few years before resuming again with the Galaxy Note8. It stuck to the tradition until the Galaxy Note20 series, which was the last of the line before it was discontinued.
Samsung is preparing to launch the Galaxy S23 series, and while it is still months away, an important detail has surfaced, one that has come directly from will use Snapdragon chips in all markets. While this has always been the case for the Galaxy Z series, the Galaxy S phones have launched with Qualcomm's chipsets in some markets and Samsung's own Exynos processor in others.
The End Of Exynos?
Qualcomm's flagship chipset is the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which is scheduled to arrive in a few weeks. At the earnings call, Qualcomm revealed that the benefit of the increased share with Samsung should be seen in the March (2023) quarter. Thus, it can be said that the Galaxy S23 series in all regions will have the new flagship chipset at its heart. What does this mean for the future of Exynos? Qualcomm says it has extended its agreement with Samsung through 2030, so it can be implied that all future Samsung phones that will launch until then in all regions should have a Snapdragon chip.
However, Samsung will likely continue to produce Exynos chips for use in its other non-flagship lines, such as the Galaxy A and Galaxy M series. Phones launched under both series are powered mainly by Snapdragon and MediaTek chipsets, but there are a few models with Exynos processors, such as the Galaxy A53 5G, Galaxy M33 and Galaxy A13 4G. It is also likely to use them in its mid-range and entry-level tablets. An important question the new development raises is what the future of Samsung's partnership with AMD would look like since the Galaxy S23 series won't feature an Exynos chipset. The possibility of Samsung going on with the partnership is pretty slim. Nevertheless, until Samsung reveals its plans, nothing is certain.
Source: Qualcomm