Samsung exec subtly exposes the processor for the Galaxy S7

A Samsung executive seems to have revealed which processor will be featured inside next year’s Galaxy S7.

Hong Kyushik, VP of Marketing for Samsung System LSI, said that the new Exynos 8 Octa is being made for high-end devices. Bloomberg collected his comments from Monday’s investor briefing:

“As a component provider you have to find the biggest customer in the world, and for us it happened to be Samsung. Exynos 8 is targeted for the premium segment.”

Earlier, it was reported that the international and North American variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge will have two different processors. While the international variant will allegedly keep the company’s own processor, Samsung is said to be using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 in select markets. Samsung used a self-made Exynos processor last year for its 2015 lineup when rumors swirled that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 was overproducing heat and having a hard time managing its temperature.

Piecing together today’s report with Kyushik’s comments easily gives away that Samsung’s Galaxy S7 will be put to work with the Exynos 8 Octa. The only question remaining is which markets will get an Exynos or Snapdragon processor.

The wait won’t be long, though, as Samsung’s 2016 flagship is expected to launch as early as February.

Source: Bloomberg

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