Galaxy S23 may use Samsung-exclusive Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor [More details]

[Nov. 18] Update…

Tipster IceUniverse revealed that the mysterious edition of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, which may be used in the upcoming Galaxy S23 series, is clocked at 3.36GHz, from the standard 3.2GHz. Not that all, but the GPU frequency is also increased from 680MHz to 719MHz.

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[Nov. 15] Initial Story…

Qualcomm officially introduced the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform that will debut with most of the 2023 flagship Android devices. Meanwhile, it turns out that Qualcomm may introduce another variant of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 that could be exclusive to Samsung for the Galaxy S23.

According to the information, Qualcomm confirmed plenty of OEMs that will be releasing their Android devices with the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. Interestingly, the list of OEMs doesn’t include Samsung, anywhere, which sounds pretty mysterious.

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Well, Samsung tipster IceUniverse spotted that Qualcomm mentioned that the model number of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset is SM8550-AB, while, the 8 Gen 1’s model number is SM8450. Since the company added “AB” suffix in the model number, there are high chances of SM8550-AC, or something else.

The US chip maker officially revealed that it signed a multi-year partnership with Samsung to bring Snapdragon chipsets worldwide. Therefore, Samsung may have demanded Qualcomm to supply a custom 8 Gen 2 version that could be exclusively available in the Galaxy S23 lineup.

Talking about Exynos, the Korean tech giant is still working on the Exynos 2300 flagship chipset on the 5nm process technology. It’s worth mentioning that the company’s next flagship product will be used in a mid-range Galaxy smartphone and the S23 series will use Snapdragon chip globally.

Rumors aside, time will tell the reality itself! Meanwhile, the US chip giant revealed (via XDA) that the following companies will be launching Snapdragon 8 Gen 2-powered devices: Redmagic, Honor, ZTE, Xiaomi, Meizu, Vivo, Sony, Redmi, OPPO, nubia, Motorola, OnePlus, Sharp, Asus, and iQOO.