Samsung’s Exynos chips may not yet be at the level where the South Korean giant wants them to be, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the company is exploring other vendors. Last month, it was reported that the Galaxy S22 FE, which will be a stripped-down version of the S22, will be fueled by the MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chip. Some insiders have refuted that report.
Samsung’s US and China-bound flagships are usually powered by a premium Qualcomm Snapdragon chip, and the rest of the regions get the home-brewed Exynos chip. A report said last year that nearly 20 percent of Samsung’s Galaxy phones were fueled by in-house Exynos chips and the company wanted to increase that to 60 percent.
Thus, it was a bit of a surprise to hear that the S22 FE may be powered by the Dimensity 9000, which by the way is a very impressive high-end chip. That first report was followed by another one this month, which reiterated that Samsung could equip its premium phones with MediaTek chips. Some of the South Korean giant’s best budget phones already feature MediaTek chips.
Frequent leakers @chunvn8888 and Yogesh Brar have rebutted the rumors and say that not only will the Galaxy S22 FE not be powered by a MediaTek chip, but Samsung also has no plans to equip any of its premium phones with the Taiwanese company’s processors in the near future as well.
According to an earlier report, Samsung is considering tweaking its chip strategy and the mobile unit will now be more directly involved in the manufacturing process. Whether we will see the fruits of this next year remains to be seen.
