Samsung dropped the first trailer for its Exynos 2600 chip, and it looks like the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, Dimensity 9500, and A19 Pro might finally have real competition. The Korean company is bringing back Exynos chips to the Galaxy S26 lineup after three years of Snapdragon-only releases, but there is a catch: only South Korea gets the Exynos version while everywhere else sticks with Qualcomm's silicon.
CTT Research pointed out three reasons why Samsung keeps Exynos chips at home: kernel security holes, heat problems, and terrible manufacturing yields. The company claims it fixed the overheating with Heat Pass Block tech that supposedly cuts temperatures by 30 percent and switched to better packaging methods. Manufacturing yields improved from the disaster that was the 3nm process, but the real reason most Galaxy S26 units ship with Snapdragon is simpler: Qualcomm has a contract forcing Samsung to put Snapdragon chips in 75 percent of Galaxy S devices.
CTT Research pointed out three reasons why Samsung keeps Exynos chips at home: kernel security holes, heat problems, and terrible manufacturing yields. The company claims it fixed the overheating with Heat Pass Block tech that supposedly cuts temperatures by 30 percent and switched to better packaging methods. Manufacturing yields improved from the disaster that was the 3nm process, but the real reason most Galaxy S26 units ship with Snapdragon is simpler: Qualcomm has a contract forcing Samsung to put Snapdragon chips in 75 percent of Galaxy S devices.
