Snapdragon will power Galaxy flagships worldwide, starting with S23

We heard rumors for a while Samsung was able to skip its internal Exynos flagship chipset in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon power. utilities, Qualcomm has used its earnings call for the third quarter of fiscal year 2022 to announce it will use Samsung’s flagship phones worldwide as part of an expanded deal.

“The way you have to think about it is that Snapdragon will power their Galaxy product line, their Galaxy flagship products,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said in response to a question during the earnings call.

“And what I can say at this point is that we were 75% done” Galaxy S22 before the agreement (sic). You should think we will be much better than that on Galaxy S23 and beyond. It is a multi-year agreement. And that’s probably what I can tell you. Remember, we power their devices worldwide,” Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said during the earnings call. Qualcomm’s press statement About the deal also notes that Snapdragon silicon “will power more Samsung premium devices worldwide”.

No Exynos Galaxy S23?

Amon’s 75% figure refers to the number of Galaxy S22 series phones that came with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. The remaining 25% of the S22 devices were powered by the internal Exynos 2200 processor.

There’s some room for interpretation with Qualcomm’s statements, suggesting we’ll see Snapdragon-powered Galaxy flagships in many more regions, but not outright saying it will work. all variants.

In any case, the news comes as part of a larger agreement between Samsung and Qualcomm. The chipmaker said the deal includes a patent licensing deal for 3G, 4G, 5G and 6G technologies. Qualcomm adds that the deal also means Samsung will expand its use of Snapdragon silicon across categories such as PCs, tablets, extended reality and more.

We asked Qualcomm and Samsung to clarify what this news means for Exynos-powered Galaxy flagships. We will update the article if/when the two companies contact us.