Samsung's upcoming flagship smartphone lineup, equipped with the South Korean company's own Exynos 2600 processors, will be cheaper than models using Snapdragon, ChosunBiz reports.
Samsung is aiming to make its processors about $20-30 cheaper than Qualcomm's Snapdragon to reduce costs and increase shipments, which should improve the profitability of its Mobile eXperience division.
The Galaxy S26 with the Exynos 2600 processor will be sold mainly in South Korea and other Asian countries. The new chip will be the first in the industry to be based on 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology. It should not only reduce the cost, but also improve the performance and energy efficiency of smartphones.
Moreover, if the Exynos 2600 can be successfully integrated into the Galaxy S26 series, this will become the basis for the further use of proprietary processors in Samsung's new foldable smartphones, which are due to be released next year.
At the same time, one industry insider noted that while the Exynos 2600 performs well in benchmarks, its real-world performance in a smartphone is different. He explains that Apple and Qualcomm use their own custom-designed cores and optimize them for real-world scenarios, not internal benchmarks.