A company executive says that later this year a flagship MediaTek SoC will power a new U.S. phone in the premium segment.
Amy Guesner, the assistant vice president for corporate sales at MediaTek, made an exciting announcement on Thursday. The executive announced that an unnamed premium segment phone powered by a MediaTek flagship application processor (AP) will launch in the U.S. later this year. The announcement was made during an event for analysts. Guesner’s announcement was the subject of a tweet posted by consultant @nirave on «X.»
Even though back in February Samsung was reportedly in talks with MediaTek, the world’s top smartphone manufacturer also signed a deal to continue doing business with Qualcomm. The latter is the fabless chip designer behind the Snapdragon line of chips used on Samsung’s premium U.S. phones. The only premium models Samsung has left to release this year are the foldable Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6 and it is unlikely that either of these phones would use a MediaTek chip in the States.
