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?
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.