Report: all Galaxy S26 models will use the Exynos 2600, but not in all regions

20 October 2025
Earlier reports suggested that only the base Galaxy S26 will use the new Exynos chip. 

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jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025is samsung a charity or something? if they have something m... moreSamsung as a whole is supporting the development of Exynos chips with least profit margins because if they price near TSMC, they know clients and people like you will prefer TSMC due to track record and investor benefits. It's the Exynos name, and it's a real thing. Only recently has exynos been developing so fast to keep up, and most clients or investors haven't had interest yet. That's what it seems Samsung is trying to do with Exynos 2600. Another thing is, TSMC knows highest public preference would be itself. So, because they don't consider Samsung a threat or a competitor, they are raising prices. Tsmc raised 2nm node prices, because of quote "Low Yield". Samsung always had low yield and the lowest recently for it's own 2nm node. But TSMC raised prices by 50%, while Samsung didn't. Because TSMC is basically controlling Cupertino, Qualcomm, Dimensity and the rest dependent clients alike. But Samsung kept prices low and sacrificed profits to attract customers. Why do you think AMD is able to provide so competitive products at cheap prices, way cheaper than intel or nvidia? Because Nvidia has established sort of a monopoly. Same thing TSMC is gonna do. And Samsung like AMD knows it.

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    alcatraz, 21 Oct 2025No TSMC options for the S26 series? Well, isn't Sam... morethe exynos is cheaper

      No TSMC options for the S26 series?

      Well, isn't Samsung feeling confident.....

      I wonder what they plan to do to get tsmc fans over to samsung fabbed phones at a premium price. I bet they'll go hard on upgrading the phones all around to make up for the fab issue. They so desperately want to cut ties with tsmc. Phah!

      In the end, the consumers decide to invest or not....

        jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025the official price in my country is 200-300 dollars more th... moreWhich country you from? And what countries close to you with cheaper price? It's 2025 we can verify it easily.

        Also in business it's 100% possible for people to sell both new and refurbished devices.

        Am from Africa and here Exynos is Official, if you go to shop Exynos will be new as they are from manufacture, only Exception is Refurbished from Korea as we share same soc.

        But refurbished from Usa, China, dubai etc they tend to be snapdragon, yes they are cheaper, because it's not brand new devices, it's refurbished devices and many of them have problems hence you get them for cheap.

          Hemedans, 21 Oct 2025My point those are not new devices, same retailer they can ... morethe official price in my country is 200-300 dollars more than that of other countries around me that have snapdragon. And i literally compared retailer snapdragon to retailer exynos pricing. What is your point even here? that one is refurbished and the other isn't? It's an apples to apples comparison.

            jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025im talking about both of them. Phones sold by retailers... moreMy point those are not new devices, same retailer they can go to Korea and buy refurbished Exynos and sell cheaper there, you cant compare gray market price with official price, those devices aren't new.

              [deleted post]is samsung a charity or something? if they have something more advanced why dont they charge more? think about it for a second.

                Hemedans, 21 Oct 2025That's not how things works, usual phones in gray mar... moreim talking about both of them.

                Phones sold by retailers have similar pricing to snapdragon, ~+100 dollars for snapdragon because they know people will pay more, and official stores actually have phones that cost 600 dollars more than these retailers so people here just buy from retailers. In either case, the exynos is a bad deal. It's not samsung setting the price at the retail shop, it's the retailer.

                  jiyen235, 20 Oct 2025where i lived the difference between snapdragon and exynos ... moreThat's not how things works, usual phones in gray market are cheaper because 99% of them are refurbished, they don't have warranty etc

                  Am talking about official devices sold by Samsung with warranty and other benefits of buying new devices.

                    jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025lmfao bro brought in the "think about the poor workers... moreThen why do you claim to have any knowledge even in simple business tactics? Then you shouldn't even say that Exynos is only for greed. All you know are a few keywords: "Exynos", "Chip", "Scores". You have 0 knowledge of anything actually critical to discuss. Because if you did, you wouldn't end up getting flagged by so many people here already for your incompetent and incomplete factless arguments.Typical internet troll. If you have indefinite idea, then DON'T waste anyone's time here for fun. I wonder where the moderators are!

                      Ieatapplesforlunch, 21 Oct 2025If you love trolling people, use FACTS. Don't act like... morekissing samsung's feet for making worse products for me at higher prices? OMG YES!!!

                        Ieatapplesforlunch, 21 Oct 2025There's a whole thriving foundry with factories operat... morelmfao bro brought in the "think about the poor workers" argument 😭😭😭

                        i think even samsung reps would not be able to find such nice excuses

                          jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025they incur more costs but the amount they gain back from ex... moreIf you love trolling people, use FACTS. Don't act like you know-it-all after you real some random biased article from a shady website saying samsung makes profit from exynos and thus uses them. Do you even have any idea how this works? Exynos always had the worst yields. Close to 50%. This means that half of chips from a wafer are useless. Basically LOSS for Samsung. While Qualcomm has a 70-90% yield rate for mature nodes. They would never want to sell a chip with 50% or lower yields at same price as a chip with much higher yield rates, even if bought from another supplier. The only reason they make and sell exynos is to keep their foundry alive while forming client interests. They know they are at loss with exynos, but they also want to pull TSMC's clients. In the end smartphone division of Samsung may be at net profit due to the phone itself, but LSI division is at loss. You should be kissing their feet that they are keeping exynos costs in control after all the advancements in 2nm and GAA architecture. Not like TSMC who forces Qualcomm and Mediatek to raise prices.

                            jiyen235, 21 Oct 2025no one's telling samsung to make 2 chips and no one�... moreThere's a whole thriving foundry with factories operating. Workers, engineers, manufacturers would go jobless if samsung suddenly decided to stop manufacturing exynos. Exynos isn't just a name, it's the source for LSI division's operations. It's like TSMC, but inside Samsung. You can't expect them to just shut down because Samsung's handheld phones underperform with exynos. There are ton of other products, clients and services using Samsung's Foundry as their source. So yeah, it's not "PURE GREED". Without exynos, there would be no more profit for Samsung's Foundry, resulting in no more operation. And consequently full dependence of clients on TSMC as such. And then TSMC starts robbing your wallet.

                              Sahyu, 21 Oct 2025yea its worse than s10 plus in terms of battery and speacke... moreoneplus pad 3 having a better battery and speakers than s10+? have you actually tested them yourself?

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                                Sahyu, 21 Oct 2025yea its worse than s10 plus in terms of battery and speacke... moreOneplus Pad 3 is one of the best tablets especially for that price.

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                                  "they incur more costs but the amount they gain back from exynos is far higher."

                                  They'll make even more money if they used Exynos in all regions instead of select regions. Why aren't they then?

                                    Anonymous, 21 Oct 2025"no one's telling samsung to make 2 chips and no ... morethey incur more costs but the amount they gain back from exynos is far higher. Businesses aren't that easy to understand but they aren't that complex.

                                    Samsung isn't stupid, they're gonna do what's best to get the highest amount of profit. And woah bro, great job on arguing over semantics. I meant 2 versions of a phone ofc, not 2 chips. My bad on that but still, you understood my point and still decided to yap about this.

                                    Idk who you are but if you told me you work for Samsung I wouldn't be surprised lmao

                                      Sahyu, 21 Oct 2025"bro you just can't be serious lmfaoooooo" ... moreim not here to win an argument im just here to have fun

                                        Nicholas, 20 Oct 2025Calm down first we have to see benchmarks and test that are... moreNot talking about benchmarks. Benchmarks mean nothing if most people around the world couldn't even buy your product

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