Samsung’s Fan Edition tablets may not set anyone’s heart on fire, but you can’t say the same about the company’s Fan Edition phones. The Galaxy S FE series is very impressive, which is down to the fact that it provides nearly the same flagship experience as the non-FE Galaxy S phones Samsung launches each year, […]
Read MoreIf you feared the Galaxy Tab S7 FE was a one-off experiment, Samsung proved this week that’s not the case. The company announced two new Fan Edition tablets, signaling bigger plans for the lineup. But have the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Tab S9 FE+ missed the mark? We’ll discuss these tablets, their strengths, and […]
Read MoreSamsung’s new Fan Edition smartphone is finally ready to go on sale. Availability differs by market, and so does the chipset that powers the device. Here’s all you need to know. Similar to other phones released by Samsung, the Galaxy S23 FE is split between Qualcomm and Exynos markets. More specifically, the Galaxy S23 FE […]
Read MoreSamsung’s Fan Edition Galaxy S smartphones are quite popular in India thanks to their aggressive pricing. Well, the aggressive pricing is appreciated everywhere, but it’s especially important in price-sensitive markets like India. It remains to be seen how much the Galaxy S23 FE will cost in the country, and whether the rumored $100 price reduction […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy S23 FE will go official in less than a week, and some Samsung fans are dreading the return of the region-based Exynos and Snapdragon split that has been the tradition for Galaxy S flagships for the longest time, a tradition that Samsung broke in 2023 by using only a Snapdragon chip on both […]
Read MoreThere’s a lot of anticipation for the Galaxy S23 FE and there are signs that the device may live up to them. It’s already known that the Galaxy S23 FE will feature the Exynos 2200 chipset in several markets, including Europe. It’s the same chipset that Samsung used for the Galaxy S22 series, and to […]
Read MoreOver the past few months, multiple reports have suggested that the Galaxy S23 FE will feature an Exynos chipset instead of a Snapdragon SoC. Earlier this month, the phone popped up on Geekbench, revealing the Exynos 2200 chipset. Similarly, plenty of reports claim that Samsung could launch an Exynos 2400 version of the Galaxy S24 […]
Read MoreWell, those who were complaining about Samsung possibly using the Exynos 2200 chip exclusively for the Galaxy S23 FE got some good news today: It seems the Galaxy S23 FE will have a variant powered by a Snapdragon chip after all, as revealed by a benchmark listing on the Geekbench website. The US variant of […]
Read MoreMore details on the Exynos 2400 chipset, specifically its GPU, have emerged. And at least on paper, the next-gen SoC sounds quite promising. According to the latest, the Exynos 2400 graphics processing unit will have four times more CUs (compute units) than the Exynos 2200 SoC. The Exynos 2200 SoC was Samsung’s first to employ […]
Read MoreSamsung is planning to release the Galaxy S23 FE later this year. We learned that the company wants to bring the next Fan Edition phone to the market in Q4 and that the Galaxy S23 FE will be powered by an Exynos chipset in all markets, surprisingly enough. To be more specific, we’re hearing that […]
Read MoreIn case you haven’t heard by now, since late 2022, Google’s Project Zero discovered eighteen 0-day vulnerabilities in Exynos Modems, leaving numerous Samsung devices vulnerable to Internet-to-baseband remote code executions. The good news is that Samsung already addressed some of these vulnerabilities with the March 2023 security patch. On the other hand, some vulnerabilities remain. […]
Read MoreSamsung’s first smartphone chipset in partnership with AMD, the Exynos 2200, supports raytracing. It is a new graphics rendering method that calculates how light rays travel to offer a more accurate representation of lights, shadows, and reflections. However, there was no way to measure the Exynos 2200’s raytracing performance back then. A recently released benchmark […]
Read MoreWhen Samsung announced that it was collaborating with AMD for mobile GPUs, expectations were high. Samsung’s Xclipse 920 GPU, based on AMD’s RDNA2 architecture, arrived with the Exynos 2200. However, it didn’t meet the high expectations that many had from it. Even as the fate of Samsung’s high-end Exynos chipsets hangs in the balance, the […]
Read MoreSamsung has been struggling with Exynos chipsets over the past few years. Exynos variants of its high-end phones have shown slower performance and lower battery efficiency. People had hoped that Samsung would not have any such issues in 2022, thanks to Samsung’s partnership with AMD. However, the situation didn’t change. Tests have consistently shown that the […]
Read MoreThe Exynos and Snapdragon Galaxy S22 Ultra variants are almost identical, but not quite. The two chipsets have similar performance levels on paper, but they don’t always exhibit the same behavior. Even in the area of mobile photography, the Exynos and Snapdragon Galaxy S22 Ultra variants differ and don’t produce the exact same results. Picture […]
Read MoreExynos sucks, Snapdragon rules. That’s pretty much been the theme these last couple of years when it comes to the Exynos vs Snapdragon debate on Samsung’s flagship phones. While last year’s Exynos 2100 that powered the Galaxy S21 series was pretty good, Samsung did enough damage with the Galaxy S20’s Exynos 990 that the “Exynos […]
Read MoreEarlier this week, we had reported some Galaxy S22 Ultra units showing an odd display issue. More such instances have come to light as more people have started getting their hands on their pre-orders. Now, Samsung has acknowledged the problem and promised to fix it soon. Some Exynos 2200 variants of the Galaxy S22 Ultra […]
Read MoreEvery year, Samsung launches Exynos and Snapdragon versions of its high-end phones, and India gets the Exynos version. Due to the inferior performance of Exynos chipsets over the past few years, Indian consumers have been demanding Samsung to launch Snapdragon versions of Galaxy S and Galaxy Note series smartphones, and it looks like they will […]
Read MoreNetflix’s long-standing relationship with Widevine DRM makes it so that only a few “certified” smartphones can stream content on the platform at high definition (720p and above). Most high-end chipsets play nice with Widevine L3 and the Exynos 2200 is no different. Exynos 2200 powered smartphones will be able to stream Netflix in HD Android […]
Read MoreWe didn’t think we’d say this immediately after CES 2022 ended, but it’s been a busy week for us Samsung fans. The Korean tech giant finally took the wraps off the Exynos 2200 chipset — albeit not entirely — so, of course, the SoC will be one of the main topics for our latest SamMobile […]
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