There’s always one question looming around everyone’s head about Samsung’s flagship smartphone series — the chipset. Samsung offers Exynos and Snapdragon-powered phones but the latter is limited to a few markets. The next in line is the Galaxy S25 series with months to go for its launch but its chipset details are already making rounds. A recent rumour said that all Galaxy S25 models will use Exynos in all markets but now an analyst has refuted this saying it’s going to be Snapdragon everywhere.
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4-powered Galaxy S25 series
- According to noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Samsung is expected to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset for all the Galaxy S25 models. This means that the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset.
- Kuo adds that the Exynos 2500 SoC might not ship due to Samsung’s lower-than-expected 3nm yield. So it could be only Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S25 models next year.
- Samsung is known to always use both the chipsets for its flagship phones. The Galaxy S24 series, for example, has the Exynos 2400 running in both the Galaxy S24 and S24+ in India. The US variants have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. However, the Galaxy S24 Ultra uses the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in all markets.
- This won’t be the first time though as Samsung had launched all Galaxy S23 models with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. It would please a lot of fans though as the Snapdragon chipset has always been preferred for better performance.
Qualcomm is expected to launch the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset in October. As for the Galaxy S25 series, it will most likely debut early next year around January-February. So there’s still a lot of time and new information about the chipset might surface.
