Samsung Galaxy S26 series to mark a return to Exynos

13 December 2024
Obviously, the Korean company would rather not pay Qualcomm for its chips.

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I actually prefer in-house designs, if they are competent. It's why I always loved Samsung SSD's because they have their own controllers that were always one of the best on the market. Same with Exynos in its golden era. Or Apple and their A and M series chipsets. Incredible chips. I wish Exynos was also like that and I'll have no issues having one in my phone instead of Snapdragon. Just get it there Samsung!

    Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024They'll likely be around 5mm, so no longer realistic t... moreit's entirely possible to fit a headphone jack in a ~5mm thick phone. Vivo managed to do it ten years ago (X5Max).

    Samsung simply don't want to because their master (Apple) won't do it.

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      Edd, 13 Dec 2024Give me your address. I'll buy and send you Bluetooth ... moremost bluetooth headphones aren't audiophile grade though...

        What a complete and utter disaster the Samsung of the 2020s is.

        A return to Exynos (not once in history was Exynos up to Snapdragon standards, except when Samsung was manufacturing both chips, how convenient), same design 4 years in a row now (S22, S23, S24, S25) an iOSification of One UI with the latest update...and let's not forget the recent marketing campaign bashin' on Apple users for being sheeps, alongside the motto and i quote "If you try to fit in, you won’t stand out".

        What's not to hate ?

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          • 13 Dec 2024

          With this policy Samsung will loose his clients. Exynos is garbage.

            Year after year chinese trying to innovate giving new types of batteris, new screens (Oneplus 13) for example. New chargins speeds, new cameras etc-
            Samsung just rebrand and put millions into advertising to promo old horse like its a new dawn. Google and Appel doing same strategy.
            Of course its working but said grass with gets dry more and more.
            Soon people will go to dfferemt wariants

              Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024The Galaxy S26 will feature a Snapdragon chip after all. ... moreNo they will go with Mediatek Dimensity 9600+ or Unisoc Tiger XXX altra mega super duper elite.

                Selling worse chips for price same as ones from Qualcoomm yes a vise idea for Samsung bad idea for their customers but in the end noone will be happy.

                  Pear, 13 Dec 2024Chip is important. Stop worrying about mAH and MP.. they wi... more> It's practically not possible to squeeze too much battery into such a small form factor.

                  It's possible lmao.

                    Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024When you forget the importance of software:When you forget that it's better to improve both than only one of them bcuz it's a goddamn flagship:

                      The exynos was fully enjoyed in pixel.
                      That was just fantastic..

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                        bardacol, 13 Dec 2024S25 has been saved. AlhamduliLlah!Thought you'd be more interested in Note 7

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                          Ew Exynos... won't buy.

                            Why do you always talk about the future tech when we dont even had enjoy what we have today? S26? Jan 2026? A tip?
                            Comon man...

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                              • pdX
                              • 13 Dec 2024

                              S26 will mark my move to iPhone. Actually even S25 will mark it.

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                                • gLI
                                • 13 Dec 2024

                                Samsung should make a comeback of removable batteries in the S25 series so that people can skip S26 or all later generations :D

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                                  Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024They'll likely be around 5mm, so no longer realistic t... morePeople forget that there exist a 2.5 mm headphone jack (Nokia 7210 Supernova says hi).
                                  https://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_7210_supernova-2447.php

                                  Or even better, put 2 to 3 USB-C slots in place of the headphone jack and let the dongle manufacturers do the rest while still having enough room for a physical camera button, finger scan, and sd card slot.

                                  Smartphone size (thinness) is not a problem, nor is water resisting (old Samsung phones with headphone jacks are water resistant and trolled Apple with an ad with it).
                                  It's just an excuse to sell people an expensive first party ear bud that, eventually, can be programmed to lock out other third party ear buds or make older models of the first party ear buds to not work properly and force people to buy a newer more expensive model.
                                  Not to mention ear buds have batteries and batteries can explode like a grenade if not manufactured or cared properly (Note 7 and some Vape models).

                                    S25 has been saved. AlhamduliLlah!

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 13 Dec 2024

                                      snapdragon and Exynos, that's the only change on their S series every year, everything else remains same. Pathetic

                                        Alan, 13 Dec 2024Guess it will be only 3rd world country because they would ... moreEurope Always got Exynos and home country Korea most of time, usual Snapdragon is used in former Cdma countries like Usa and China.

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