TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThere’s a big surprise inside the Samsung Galaxy S23One of the most famous names in smartphones isn’t going to be in Samsung’s best phones for 2023When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechPhonesAndroid PhonesThere’s a big surprise inside the Samsung Galaxy S23One of the most famous names in smartphones isn’t going to be in Samsung’s best phones for 2023When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
One of the most famous names in smartphones isn’t going to be in Samsung’s best phones for 2023
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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TheSamsung Galaxy S22range consists of thebest Samsung phonesand they’re arguably the verybest Android phonesyou can buy. But they’re not all the same: depending on where you live (or buy your phone from), yourSamsungmay have a different processor. Currently that’s the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 or the Samsung Exynos 2200. The latter is the version sold in Europe and the UK, but not for much longer.
So what does this mean for the best Samsung phones in 2023?
Will we miss the Samsung Exynos in the Galaxy S23?
I don’t think so. The Snapdragon-poweredGalaxy S22 Ultraoften outperforms the Exynos one in benchmarks, and it particularly smokes Samsung’s silicon when it comes to GPU performance. The Exynos is marginally better when it comes to battery life, but we’re talking single-digit differences here – and you can get a higher frame rate in games such as PUBG with the Qualcomm chip.
The news isn’t a huge surprise, because talk of an Exynos 2300 has been completely silent so far: normally at this stage in development we’d expect to be getting more leaks, but Samsung has been noticeably lacking in enthusiasm for the Exynos of late.
The news won’t make any difference to US buyers, who’ve been getting the Snapdragon versions for some time. But I think UK and EU buyers will be pleased, because in many respects their Samsungs have been slightly less impressive than the US ones.
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