TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThe Samsung Galaxy S23 is getting an enormous upgrade in Europe and AsiaWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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When it launches in Europe and Asia early next year, theSamsung Galaxy S23may not include one of the most familiarSamsung Galaxyfeatures:Samsung’s own Exynos system on a chip. That’saccordingto analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, whose latest briefing says that Samsung is going to drop its own silicon in favour of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon.
That’s great news for Samsung fans who don’t live in the US: while US customers buying phones such as theSamsung Galaxy S22and theSamsung Galaxy S22 Ultrahave been getting Qualcomm processors for years, other territories haven’t been so lucky. While Samsung’s chips have been good, Qualcomm’s ones have been better in key respects – so for example if the Snapdragon wasn’t quite as quick as the Exynos it was more energy efficient, or more stable when pushed hard in gaming.
The short answer: the Exynos is good, but it isn’t good enough.
Why Samsung may stick with Snapdragons for the Galaxy S23 onwards
For now, then, it looks like thebest Samsung phonesof 2023 – which are likely to be up there with the verybest Android phonesand thebest phonesgenerally – are going to be packing next-gen Snapdragons rather than Samsung silicon. They might not be Samsung’s chips, but they’re the best chips Samsung can put in its phones for the foreseeable future.
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