A couple of months ago, Samsung launched the Galaxy S20 series flagship smartphones powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and its own Exynos 990 chipsets, depending on the region.
However, the company has faced lots of criticism because of the issues related to the Exynos 990 SoC, including overheating and poor battery life, among others. Thus, the company seems to be ready to adopt an upgraded variant of the chipset for the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 series.
According to the rumors, the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 series flagship smartphones will come powered by an improved Exynos 992 chipset. This chipset has reportedly been in the works since past few months and is being made using Samsung’s 6nm process.
The upcoming Exynos 992 SoC is expected to have more power-efficient design and could come with improved processing performance compared to the current Exynos 990 SoC. The performance is also speculated to be 1-3% higher than the Snapdragon 865.
Another reason for Samsung to adopt the new Exynos 992 SoC could be the delay of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC. As per the reports, because of the on-going COVID-19 crises, the SD865+ SoC has been delayed, and thus it won’t be available in time for the Galaxy Note 20 series.
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Recently, an alleged image of the Galaxy Note 20 was spotted under the Samsung Rewards section, revealing the upcoming smartphone’s design. As the phone didn’t seem to have a punch-hole cutout for the front-facing camera, it could feature an in-display camera sensor. It also seems to have no physical buttons. However, there’s no confirmation about the render being the Galaxy Note 20, so take this with a pinch of salt.
The Samsung Galaxy Note+ was recently spotted with model number SM-N986U on benchmarking platform Geekbench. It revealed SD865+ SoC, 8GB RAM and Android 10 operating system. It recorded a single-core test score of 985 points while on the multi-core test, the phone scored 3,220 points.
As per the previous reports, the Samsung could launched three Galaxy Note models this year — Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Note 20+ and the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The smartphones should have 120Hz refresh rate, up to 16GB RAM and 512GB of internal storage. The top-end model in the lineup could come with 5,000mAh battery.
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