Samsung Galaxy S22 chip rumor could be bad news for US shoppers

Samsung Galaxy S22 flake rumor could exist bad news for U.s.a. shoppers

Renders allegedly of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus phone, on a white background

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The Samsung Galaxy S22, whether it's the basic, Pro or Ultra version, has been claimed to have two unlike editions: one with a Snapdragon 898 scrap and the other with an Exynos 2200 chip. And this could brand for a large difference in graphical performance.

That's according to a new post from Max Weinbach on Twitter. This perhaps isn't a surprise to long-time followers of Samsung'southward smartphones, but having information technology mentioned by a reliable leaker makes this particularly interesting in low-cal of other rumors about these fries.

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The Exynos 2200 version of the Galaxy S22, presumably the ane our U.K. readers volition exist able to buy, has been the field of study of some fascinating leaks. Other than being really quite powerful according to benchmarks, this chip will reportedly come with a new GPU fabricated in partnership with AMD, potentially including RDNA architecture and ray-tracing technology just like the latest graphics cards for the PS5 and Xbox Serial X.

oh yeah s22, s22+, s22 ultra is gonna have an exynos 2200 and a snapdragon 898 versionfound information technology a few weeks agoOctober 22, 2021

There's no sign of whether these graphical benefits will be bachelor on the Snapdragon-powered Milky way S22. Hopefully at that place is, for the benefit of Samsung's big American fanbase. All the same, if the AMD applied science is for whatever reason tied to the Exynos scrap, information technology could hateful the best S22 models will be those sold in Europe.

Samsung splits its phones' chips like this since well-nigh U.S. networks are designed with the use of a engineering science that but happens to be patented by Qualcomm, the manufacturer of the Snapdragon line of chips. Samsung therefore faces the option of either buying Snapdragon chips to use in models sold in the U.S. (and a few other select markets), or pay expensive licensing fees to make use of Qualcomm'south patented designs.

Samsung'southward semiconductor arm also manufactures some of Qualcomm's chips on its behalf. This may include the Snapdragon 898 chip (according to leaker Ice Universe) that is expected to power the majority of side by side yr'due south Android flagship phones also equally the Galaxy S22.

Across the silicon, we've heard several other rumors of the Galaxy S22. Recently there'south been a lot of give-and-take over the new pattern of the phone'southward rear cameras, which currently is believed to have a "waterdrop" blueprint. In that location's also talk of the base of operations S22 and the S22 Pro (the replacement for the Galaxy S21 Plus) condign smaller than terminal year's equivalent models. Meanwhile, the S22 Ultra will reportedly remain the same size as the Galaxy S21 Ultra, but may feature a congenital-in S Pen stylus in the style of Samsung's Galaxy Annotation models.

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Richard is a Tom's Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, audio and whatever else people demand advice on. He's also written for WIRED U.Chiliad., The Register and Creative Bloq. When not at piece of work, he'southward likely thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.