Samsung has made a surprising decision, bringing Snapdragon variants of an older phone to Exynos regions, even as it preps the Exynos 2600 for the Galaxy S26.
Samsung is making a somewhat unexpected move for a previous flagship lineup: the Galaxy S24 series. Apparently, the company has decided that it will bring Exynos versions of the S24 to regions that, prior to now, only had access to Exynos variants.
This report (translated source) is especially puzzling because Samsung has just now been able to get its in-house Exynos 2600 processor ready for the upcoming Galaxy S26 phones. The entire Galaxy S25 lineup had to use the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, as the Exynos 2500 wasn’t perfected before launch.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S24 and the Galaxy S24 Plus were sold as Exynos and Snapdragon variants in different regions, as is tradition for Samsung. While the Galaxy S24 phones were discontinued this year, some of the regions that got the Exynos variants will now be shipped the Snapdragon versions instead.
