Over the years, Samsung uses a dual flagship model in terms of mobile phone chips. This means that it uses both the Snapdragon as well as its in-house Exynos chips for its flagships. While the Snapdragon models are released in China, the U.S. and other big markets, the Exynos model goes to Europe and parts of Asia. However, Samsung’s self-developed Exynos 2300 will no longer be used in the Galaxy S23 series of flagship phones. Instead, the company will use the chip in the Samsung Galaxy S22 FE, a mid-range mobile phone. Now, there are reports that the company will bring back its chips to its flagships. From the Samsung Galaxy S24 series, there will be an Exynos 2400 model.
There are reports that the Samsung Exynos 2400 will start mass production in November this year. The Samsung Galaxy S24 series will be official in 2024 and could use this chip. This chip may only be used for the South Korean version of this mobile phone series. At present, there are two specs rumours about the architecture design of the Samsung Exynos 2400. There is a report that the chip will use the 1+4+3 eight-core architecture. However, there is another report that this device will come with a ten-core 1+2+3+4 architecture.
The expectation is that the Exynos 2400 will come with a Cortex X4 super large core, a Cortex A510 small core and a Cortex A720 large core. However, there is no specific number of large and small cores. There is no leak or rumour regarding the specific number. It is important to note that Samsung has been using Snapdragon chips in its flagship devices in recent years. But there will still be flagship phones equipped with its own Exynos series chips in the Korean market.
In addition, Exynos series chips also have considerable influence in Europe. It is unclear whether the European version of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series will use Qualcomm processors or Exynos 2400. At the moment, there is no official comment from Samsung regarding this report.
Samsung Galaxy S23 series exclusive chip exposure: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
Samsung and Qualcomm have reached an agreement that the upcoming Galaxy S23 series will use an exclusive chipset, officially called “Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy”. However, the name looks very lengthy, and Samsung is preparing to simplify it to “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy”. There are reports that the new version of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chip still uses TSMC’s 4nm process. Its super-large core is Cortex X3, and the CPU clock frequency will hit 3.36GHz. This is higher than the 3.2GHz clock frequency that the original model from Qualcomm uses. Samsung made some tweaks to Qualcomm’s chip to make it more powerful.
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In addition, the new version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 CPU also includes four 2.8GHz large cores and three 2.0GHz small cores. The GPU is Adreno 740, and the running score on AnTuTu easily exceeds 1.3 million. In other respects, Samsung Galaxy S23 will come with a FHD+ direct screen which supports a high refresh rate. This device will also use a 3900 mAh battery to keep its lights on. However, the device will only support 25W charging which is not very high. As for the launch date, this device will officially arrive on February 1 (early hours of February 2nd in China).
Samsung Galaxy S23 / S23+ / S23 Ultra series promotional materials, price exposure
The Samsung Galaxy S23 series will be released at 2 a.m. Beijing time on February 2. The latest promotional materials of the series have been exposed. The picture shows that the three models of the Samsung S23 series are equipped with 6.1-inch, 6.6-inch and 6.8-inch OLED screens. Also, all the models will support a 120Hz refresh rate and a maximum brightness of 1750 nits.
In addition, the Samsung S23 series is equipped with a battery with a capacity of up to 5000 mAh. Of course, the Ultra model will have a bigger battery than the regular model. This device will support fast charging but nothing compared to what the Android camp currently has. The Samsung S23 Ultra will also provide a 200MP sensor and a maximum of 1TB of storage space. This will be in addition to the regular S Pen that usually comes with the Ultra model.
Galaxy S23 Price
In terms of the selling price, according to winfuture, the starting price of the Samsung Galaxy S23 in Germany is 949 euros. The starting price of the Galaxy S23+ is 1199 euros while the starting price of the Galaxy S23 Ultra is 1399 euros. The specific prices of each version of the model in Germany are as follows:
- Samsung Galaxy S23 8/128GB: 949 euros
- Samsung Galaxy S23 8/256GB: 1009 euros
- Samsung Galaxy S23+ 8/256GB: 1199 euros
- Samsung Galaxy S23+ 8/512GB: 1319 euros
- Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 8/256GB: 1399 euros
- Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 12/512GB: 1579 euros
Initially, there were reports that the Galaxy S23 series will not increase in price so it can compete with the latest iPhones. However, if the latest price info is true, then the price of the Samsung S23 series has increased by about 100 euros compared with the previous models. In addition, according to the latest news, Samsung has previously reached an agreement with Qualcomm to use a customized version of the chip in the S23 series of mobile phones, called Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy. According to previous documents, the CPU frequency of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy chip will be as high as 3.36GHz, while the frequency of the regular version is 3.2GHz.
