Samsung Galaxy S22 series phones to launch with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in India instead of Exynos chipset
Samsung Galaxy S22 Series will launch in India with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC instead of Exynos chipset, according to a tip. The South Korean company has launched its flagship S series smartphone in India with an in-house Exynos processor. This news comes a day before Samsung announces the new devices at the Galaxy Unpacked Event on February 9. Samsung is expected to launch the Galaxy S22 series of smartphones alongside the Galaxy Tab S8 series in this event. The smartphones are said to be powered by an Exynos 2200 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, depending on the region.
According to a report by Pricebaba quote tipster Ishan AgarwalSamsung Galaxy S22 series smartphones in India will feature the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is said to include three smartphones – Samsung Galaxy S22, Galaxy S22 + and Galaxy S22 Ultra. Samsung was provocative details about its upcoming S-series flagship smartphone, but the company has yet to reveal the specs of the Galaxy S22 series, including the chipset that will be on the new handset in India.
ONE previous tip also mentioned that Samsung plans to offer its Galaxy S22 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC or Exynos 2200 SoC in different regions.
Announced in December, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is based on 4nm technology process and ARMv9 design. Qualcomm’s latest chipset is said to offer 20% faster performance and 30% more power savings than its predecessor, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888. It also features an updated Adreno GPU that provides a 30% improvement in rendering. graphics along with 25% better power efficiency than the previous generation, according to Qualcomm.
Furthermore, a report from SamMobile suggests that Samsung may modify its Android update policy for specific smartphones and provide Android operating system (OS) updates for 4 years and security updates for 4 years. 5 years for its devices. The Korean company is said to announce extended software support for Galaxy S21 and Galaxy S22 series smartphones, along with the Galaxy Z Flip 3, Galaxy Z Fold 3, and Galaxy Tab S8 at its Galaxy Unpacked event on February 9th.
Last Samsung changed its update policy at the Galaxy Unpacked event in 2020 and promised to provide three Android OS updates and four years of security updates for the Galaxy S series, Galaxy Note series, Galaxy Z Fold series, Galaxy Z Flip and some Galaxy A-series smartphones. If the company provides four years of operating system updates for its recent flagship devices, it will end Googlecommitted to provide three Android OS updates and 5 years of security updates for Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphone.
