Rumors proceed to swirl concerning the extremely anticipated Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence. In response to studies, there have been a number of adjustments of thoughts concerning the chipset for the model’s upcoming flagship telephones. Current leaks claimed that Samsung can be betting on the Dimensity 9400 for the non-Extremely fashions. Nonetheless, an alleged change in negotiations would result in Samsung not utilizing Dimensity SoCs in the primary Galaxy S25 lineup, reserving it for the extra reasonably priced FE mannequin.
At present, Samsung Foundry is scuffling with the low yield price of its 3nm GAA wafers. The newest studies from South Korea discuss yield charges of between 25-30%, which implies solely 25-30 out of each 100 chips produced are usable. Subsequently, it isn’t at present commercially viable for Samsung to start mass producing the Exynos 2500 chipset. Samsung has been reportedly debating whether or not to make use of Snapdragon {hardware} in all Galaxy S25 fashions or flip to Mediatek for the primary time for a flagship cellphone.
Samsung could use Snapdragon 8 Elite on the primary Galaxy S25 sequence; Dimensity for the FE mannequin
Utilizing the Snapdragon 8 Elite/Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 can be the worst-case situation financially for Samsung. The anticipated enhance in chip prices would lead the South Korean big to extend the value of the Galaxy S25 sequence or scale back the revenue margin per unit. This is able to have led the corporate to wager on the Mediatek 9400 chip as the guts of the Galaxy S25 and Galaxy S25+. However, solely the Galaxy S25 Extremely would boast the brand new Qualcomm chip.
Nonetheless, tipster Jukanlosreve mentioned on X that the course of negotiations has modified, and the Mediatek chip will solely be current within the flagship killer Galaxy S25 FE. Citing unique sources, the tipster claims that, in the long run, we is not going to see Mediatek chips in any mannequin of the primary Galaxy S25 sequence. The Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC would energy all of them.
The motivations for the alleged change in the midst of negotiations between Samsung and Mediatek are unknown. There may be additionally no method to affirm the knowledge of the brand new leak but, so take it with a grain of salt for now.
Exynos 2500 may very well be used on the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7
Beforehand, the identical supply mentioned that Samsung would delay the Exynos 2500 chip because of the low yield price situation. At the moment, the tipster mentioned that the corporate would implement it within the Galaxy S25 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Galaxy Z Flip 7. Nonetheless, the newest replace leaves the Galaxy S25 FE out of that record. Anyway, it stays to be seen how a lot the potential unique use of Qualcomm’s flagship chips impacts the value of the Galaxy S25 lineup.
