A new report out of Asia claims Samsung may make a big mobile hardware change starting with the S22 FE, bringing the future of its Exynos into question.
MediaTek is not a name you usually associate with high-end phones and flagship-grade performance. And even though the Taiwanese chipmaker has released some compelling hardware of late that rivals some of the best smartphone chips available today, the company still doesn’t seem to have the same brand recall as Qualcomm. That, however, may change later this year thanks to a massive endorsement from none other than Samsung. According to a report by Business Korea, Samsung is contemplating using one of MediaTek’s most powerful chips on many of its future flagship-grade smartphones. Among the devices rumored to get MediaTek chips is the Samsung Galaxy S22 FE (likely to be announced later this year), and the all-important Samsung Galaxy S23 series, that isn’t due until next year. If this report – which is still an unconfirmed rumor – turns out to be true, it would be a watershed moment in MediaTek’s history. Samsung has traditionally limited itself to sourcing low-end and budget chips from MediaTek, which were typically used on Galaxy M series and A series devices. A step-up to the Galaxy S series device would open up a larger customer base for MediaTek and give a significant fillip to the company’s brand recall in the West, where people continue to associate MediaTek with poor performance and low-end phones.
