The Samsung Galaxy S25 series was launched in January and came with a noticeable change in the context of its processor. While the South Korean tech group preferred to use its in-house Exynos-branded chips in the Galaxy S24 and previous S series models, it adopted Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in the entire Galaxy S25 lineup for all markets. However, an industry note suggests that Samsung may return to its ownership Exynos 2600 for the alleged Galaxy S26 series.
Samsung Galaxy S26 series Exynos Soc
Tipster @jukanlosreve shared an industry note Post X (East Twitter) gave a description of Samsung’s plans to give strength to the alleged Galaxy S26 series with the Axinos 2600 processor. However, this can only apply to some markets. The chipset is currently claimed to have low yield, due to which it is only likely to be used in the phone introduced in the European market.
Latest Industry Note related to Samsung:
Exynos 2600 is actually planned to be used in S26.
Currently, due to alleged low yield, it is mainly likely to be equipped in the European model.
The source of an industry insisted that even in AP for S26, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon …
– Jukanlosreve (@jukanlosreve) May 3, 2025
Citing an industry source, the note states that in the application processor (AP) for the Galaxy S26, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon shows a “clear” performance advantage on Exynos, although which chip was actually tested. It remains unknown.
It is said that Samsung initially designed the Exynos 2500 processor for the Galaxy S25 series, but it dropped in favor of the Flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite and the chip was never released. It was attributed to the company’s failure to give better yield, after which it opted for Qualcomm’s chipset in his current flagship lineup. Tipster estimates that the Snapdragon has been reported back to exinos, due to the R&D business unit of the System LSI, Samsung Semiconductor, reporting a loss of about $ 400 million (about Rs 3,374 crore) due to this single decision.
However, this is not the first time that Samsung’s possible plans to return to exinos have come to light. In February, South Korean Prakashan reported that Samsung Electronics saw success with its development of Exinos 2600 SoC, which led to a yield of 30 percent. At that time, it was reported that if the company could get 60 percent yield with its 2Nm chipset, its mass production will begin.
