According to the Korean publication The Elec, Samsung won’t use its Exynos chips inside the upcoming Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6. Samsung has powered all of its foldable phones exclusively with Snapdragon chips, so fat. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that the company will use a Snapdragon chipset once again on the 6th generation foldables.
However, Samsung has improved both the performance and power efficiency of its in-house silicon in the last couple of generations and the goal is likely to have more control over its smartphone business while saving costs.
In fact, Exynos has a long history of performing slightly or considerably worse than its Snapdragon counterpart. Now it finally seems that Exynos is catching up with Qualcomm. A recent report suggests that the upcoming Exynos 2500 chipset will outperform the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in terms of power efficiency. Nonetheless, the new chipset will likely debut with the S25 series and the current options for the 6th generation foldables are the Exynos 2400 and last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Exynos 2400 is reportedly still not efficient enough to become a viable option
Despite all the achievements, according to the Korean publication, Samsung MX (the smartphone business unit) has decided to continue the partnership with Qualcomm when it comes it its foldable phones.
Reportedly, Samsung is avoiding using the currently available Exynos 2400 chipset due to it not meeting the power efficiency requirement. The fifth-generation flip phone from last year has a 3700mAh battery.
While there are rumors that Samsung has managed to pack a 3880mAh capacity inside the Z Flip 6, which it may advertise as a 4000mAh battery (which, if true, will be the same as the Galaxy S24), this is still not enough for a flagship chipset.
This could be a reason behind Samsung prioritizing power efficiency even if it’s not cost-effective for them.
The Galaxy Z Fold6 has already surfaced on Geekbench and the phone is expected to be launched somewhere around mid-July.
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