Samsung’s Galaxy Z Flip 7 would possibly break a longstanding chip custom

Samsung has at all times used Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon chipset inside its foldables. Rumors, nonetheless, counsel the Galaxy Z Flip 7 would possibly buck the pattern, switching to the corporate’s in-house Exynos 2500. Whereas there have been a number of contradicting studies in regards to the Flip 7’s chipset of alternative, a brand new leak “confirms” Samsung will use the Exynos 2500 on its upcoming flagship foldable.

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SamMobile sources affirm that Samsung will equip the Galaxy Z Flip 7 with an Exynos 2500 chip in India, South Korea, and “most nations.” The report signifies the corporate would possibly use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC contained in the Flip 7 variants offered in China and the US.

Nonetheless, Samsung has by no means adopted a dual-SoC technique for its foldable telephones, and it might not accomplish that for the Z Flip 7 both. With the flip foldable unlikely to ship in giant volumes, it is arduous to justify Samsung investing closely in a dual-SoC strategy. So, the Flip 7 will possible use the identical Exynos chip in all markets the place it goes up on the market, together with the US.

A Korean report from late April earlier this 12 months additionally advised the identical. It claimed Samsung will use the Exynos 2500 contained in the Flip 7 regardless of the poor yields of the chip resulting from value causes. The cellphone’s restricted cargo quantity will assist guarantee there aren’t any provide bottlenecks. Apparently, switching to Exynos will assist Samsung save a substantial sum of cash.

Samsung’s next-gen Exynos SoC will probably be fabricated on a 3nm node

The Exynos 2500 carries the mannequin quantity S5E9955 and will probably be fabricated on Samsung’s 3nm node. It would supposedly pack a 10-core CPU, with a Prime Cortex-X925 core clocked at 3.3GHz. Different CPU cores embody 2x Cortex-A725 working at 2.75GHz, 5x Cortex-A725 clocked at 2.36GHz, and 2x low-power Cortex-A520 at 1.8GHz. This will probably be paired with an AMD RDNA 3.5 architecture-based Xclipse 950 GPU.

Samsung’s Exynos chips are notorious for thermal points and subpar efficiency. This 12 months, it is the Snapdragon 8 Elite that tends to warmth up rapidly beneath load. So, Samsung’s resolution to go together with the 3nm Exynos 2500 contained in the Flip 7 would possibly simply repay.

The Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7 ought to go official in early July alongside One UI 8.