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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Anonymuss, 13 Dec 2024Return of 3.5mm jack when?Give me your address. I'll buy and send you Bluetooth headphones. Just stop complaining.

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    • 13 Dec 2024

    I'm waiting for the S25 Ultra to see if it will be light enough to carry around. If not, I'll grab the iPhone 16 Pro and call it a day for the next six years, at least. I've been waiting for Samsung to release something similar to the Pixel Pro/iPhone Pro line with a 6.3" size and all of the features of the Ultra for a while now, but it seems moot at this point. There's even rumors they may drop the vanilla S tier after they dropped the 11" version of their tablets. So glad I already just bought the tab S9 for $445 from UAE.

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      Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024Nooo, global will get the inferior version of again for the... moreGuess it will be only 3rd world country because they would have no say in this while the 1st world and more developed countries are more picky they will offer them the best for the same price. So the poorer are sponsoring the richer in this context.

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        DarlingYext, 13 Dec 2024"Sales also reflect that people buy these phones, even... moreThey don't have to Samsung phones. They can buy phones from other brands. The fact that they buy Samsung phones with Exynos chips means that they are okay with that.

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          • 13 Dec 2024

          A collective groan was heard around the world.

            Return of 3.5mm jack when?

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              • 13 Dec 2024

              In other words, skip the S26 lineup entirely.

                GAMIR3DH, 13 Dec 2024It was fine when Google did it for generations at the start... moreGoogle could kind of make up for it with their software magic, while Samsung can't, but it was far from fine, people were expecting better from Google as well, as they should. We customers should always expect products to become actually better.

                  atichko, 13 Dec 2024I can fully understand that they want to use their own stuf... more"Sales also reflect that people buy these phones, even if it's not equipped with SD or Mediatek stuff so.."

                  Yeah, because they have to, Exynos is what EU usually gets, so if you want an S series phone here you will likely have to settle for such mediocre chipsets for high prices.

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                    • 13 Dec 2024

                    Exynos chipset on flagship means the device will not support Android games that require only latest Snapdragon versions to run the game. Like always Exynos will have limitations like it's predecessors.

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                      • 13 Dec 2024

                      Then time to consider apple if the exnos is not much better than snap....

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                        • 13 Dec 2024

                        Samsung S serie is so devoid of improvement since S22 that the only difference people are interested in is its processor. Pathetic

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                          Anonymous, 13 Dec 2024They'll likely be around 5mm, so no longer realistic t... more2.5mm exist and even delivers more power than 3.5mm because it's a balanced output together with 4.4mm.

                            I can fully understand that they want to use their own stuff as it makes for a larger profit margin. Samsung chips have always been a mixed bag, not bad but not good or extraordinary either. Sales also reflect that people buy these phones, even if it's not equipped with SD or Mediatek stuff so not everyone is looking for the best beast with the best performances available. I had also similar experiences with the Samsung chips. Some were good, some were horrible but the experience also depends on how the OS is optimised and while One UI is much better that what Samsung had in the past, it's far from the most lightweight and fluid OS. For that alone I'm curious to see how well (or bad) One UI 7 will fare. I really hope it will be much smoother so that it requires less resources from the hardware (will probably not happen with all the AI bullshit with no or limited added value...gimmicks).

                              So they're going with lower chip for higher budget smartphone.

                                notafanboy, 13 Dec 2024Ah yes, "software" totally makes up for the inclu... moreIt was fine when Google did it for generations at the start of Pixel 2. Yet now when Samsung does it is bad?

                                  Zendroid, 13 Dec 2024The end of the s series. The focus would be the Z series as their flagships (and most margins).
                                  I mean have you seen the lack of improvements in the regular and Plus S models outside SoC refresh?

                                    so s25 series will be the best selling for samsung.

                                      The end of the s series.

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                                        I'll get the S25 then

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