Bloomberg: Samsung to drop Snapdragon 810 in favor of the Exynos chip for the Galaxy S 6

Samsung has been making their own Exynos-branded chips for a while now, and it was only a matter of time until they utilized them on most of their devices. Whether it was production issues or the ability to play nice with LTE, Samsung has always to utilized both the Exynos and the Qualcomm Snapdragon for specific markets, but that might change with the Galaxy S 6.

We have heard a number of rumblings that Qualcomm’s latest and greatest chip, the Snapdragon 810, has overheating issues. Qualcomm wants you to believe there isn’t an issue because the LG G Flex 2 and the Xiaomi Mi Note were both announced using the said chip, but those manufacturers might have made modifications. It was already rumored that Samsung might tone down the use of the 810 in the Galaxy S 6, but Bloomberg is now reporting that Samsung plans on using the Exynos exclusively. According to them, Samsung will go with just the Exynos for all markets.

This is going to be interesting since Samsung has yet to go full-on with the Exynos. Will production keep up and/or will their be communication problems with the LTE bands. We can only assume that Samsung has their ducks in a row, but you can never know for sure until the devices are launched into the real world away from the test kitchens.

source: Bloomberg

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