Supposedly the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 plus will launch in the global market with a new exynos chip. Whilst ONLY the Galaxy s24 Ultra will get the snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.
If this is true, then it’s a complete deal breaker as I’m a base version/plus version kinda guy, the ultra is too big for me and I don’t use the S pen. We gave Samsung 3 shots to prove themselves with the exynos chips and all 3 times they failed. I don’t have high hopes for another exynos coming. Even if it has good performance then what about battery efficiency? Cameras? Heat optimization…etc etc.
Why only North America gets snapdragon? Do the rest of the world not deserve the superior chip? Or are we test dummies for Samsung to see what works and what doesn’t and NA is their real target audience?
I work in an electronics and smartphone retailer currently and have worked for Vodafone & Three too, across a decade now. Spec hunters are not buying Samsung.
A vast, vast majority of the younger guys are buying IPhone’s (I’d say at least 80%) with most of my Samsung customers being in their 40-50’s, with a very small number of younger people perhaps going for the Ultra models, and more recently Pixels.
Samsung knows its market. Outside of India and China - where they seem to value spec above most else - regular, everyday people simply don’t give a shit. They’ve never heard of snapdragon, or exynos and even brands like Oppo/OnePlus are completely and utterly foreign to them.
And because people here don’t give a shit, they sell. Now, their MUST be a reason why the exynos chips either don’t sell, or it’s cheaper to market in the US comparative to Europe - or they wouldn’t do it.
Essentially, for the vast, vast majority of people - it’s a complete non-issue and Samsung isn’t about to blow tens of millions on different chips so people like you and me - the tiny, diminutive vocal minority - might get some better battery life.
It sucks, but it’s why I don’t by Samsung anymore and I’m better for it.
I’m curious, what do you use now instead of Samsung? I care about spec and battery life, and Samsung feels comfortable but I don’t like having only one brand.