Everyone knows that Samsung launches two variants of its Galaxy S series smartphones every year. One uses the company’s in-house processor solution called Exynos while the other is powered by Snapdragon chips. The latter is reserved for the US market alone usually, but as it now appears, things might be a bit different with the Galaxy S22 series.
A rumor had been doing rounds previously about Samsung ditching the Exynos variant entirely for the entire S22 lineup and shipping it with processors from Qualcomm instead (Snapdragon 898 to be precise). These rumors have now been laid to rest by reliable tech blogger Max Weinbach who has confirmed there will still be an Exynos version for certain parts of the world.
this is absolutely correct. S90_E replaces G9__0
— Max Weinbach (@MaxWinebach) November 9, 2021
Galaxy Club had previously reported that the African and Asian variants of the Samsung Galaxy S22, S22+, and S22 Ultra will be coming with Snapdragon chips for the first time. The United States will continue to get the Snapdragon variant, while the Exynos 2200 variant will be launched in Korea and the rest of the world. This report sits in line with Max’s tweet, thus confirming the entire thing.
Another bit worth highlighting here is that Asia and Africa will be getting separate variants of all three phones with separate model numbers, namely SM-S901E, SM-S906E, and SM-S908E. This could mean that there will be other spec differences between them.
Nevertheless, Qualcomm Snapdragon fans will be thrilled to know that Samsung will be selling more of the Snapdragon variant this time around. Snapdragon variants have, after all, always outperformed their Exynos counterparts whether it comes to performance, battery life, or thermal control.
The only downside will be that the Exynos 2200 will for the first time likely be coming with raytracing support, made possible with the integration of an AMD GPU. While it remains to be seen if this will help the Exynos 2200 outperform the Snapdragon 898 in terms of graphics, an AMD GPU will likely be a significant upgrade over Mali GPUs from the past.
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