Samsung teamed up with AMD to improve the graphics on its Exynos 2200 chipset
Even in the states, in 2015 Samsung equipped all Galaxy S6 models with the Exynos 7420 chipset
At the time, the largest wireless carrier in the states and the top smartphone manufacturer worldwide were said to be discussing the request. Apparently, the talks never led to any deal between the two companies.
Here’s an interesting fact to bring up at your Super Bowl party: both the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and the Exynos 2200 are manufactured by Samsung Foundry using its 4nm process node. But both have several new features that vary from each other widely.
Why did Samsung make this move in India?
One theory about why Samsung gave its new flagship phones Qualcomm chips this year in India has to do with the composition of the consumer market in that country. In India, especially, phone buyers are quite knowledgeable. On the other hand, being an emerging and developing country means that India’s per capita income is not at the level to support large sales of high-priced flagship models.
As a result, Samsung’s thought process might have taken into account that even if it has to spend more to purchase the Snapdragon chips for the Indian market, the number of units would be small enough so as not to have an impact on the bottom line. And at the same time, using the latest powerful Snapdragon chipset in the Galaxy S22 series could lead to a hike in sales since many Indian phone buyers have been requesting that Sammy make this change in the country.
