Supposedly the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24 plus will launch in the global market with a new exynos chip. Whilst ONLY the Galaxy s24 Ultra will get the snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip.

If this is true, then it’s a complete deal breaker as I’m a base version/plus version kinda guy, the ultra is too big for me and I don’t use the S pen. We gave Samsung 3 shots to prove themselves with the exynos chips and all 3 times they failed. I don’t have high hopes for another exynos coming. Even if it has good performance then what about battery efficiency? Cameras? Heat optimization…etc etc.

Why only North America gets snapdragon? Do the rest of the world not deserve the superior chip? Or are we test dummies for Samsung to see what works and what doesn’t and NA is their real target audience?

  • PastaPandaSimon@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Google does the exact same thing with the Pixels. Except their software isn’t quite as polished or reliable as OneUI. It’s no longer the Nexus line that used stock Android.

    • StrickF1@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Pixels are stock Android… Samsung,One Plus so forth have their own software on top of Android so Pixels are stick Android and have their own custom chips on the hardware side and their hardware will be even more customized over the next year or so they are the iPhone of Android. One UI is just extra software thrown on top of Android that you have to update and Apps that can not be removed so forth it’s just more things to maintain. It’s Not the pure Android experience it’s just extra bloat that’s installed on the device by the manufacturer just as Oxgeyn so forth. If folks like it great but the pure Android experience is with a Pixel if you want all the other 3rd party things then that’s fine stay with Samsung. But you can never compare the two it’s totally different experiences…

      • PastaPandaSimon@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        They don’t use stock Android. They use their software on top just as Samsung does with OneUI. Their software just doesn’t have a name: https://www.androidpolice.com/google-needs-to-give-its-android-skin-a-public-name/

        The “custom” chip that they use is just a past generation Exynos. Google designs and adds just a tiny chiplet for machine learning and the like. Otherwise it’s basically a Samsung Exynos chip.

        Also, a lot of the hardware components in Pixels are pretty poor. For instance, their batteries are sourced from a Chinese OEM that otherwise sells replacement batteries you’d buy at a knock-off market.