The Samsung Galaxy S7 is coming sometime next year, but that year begins in less than two months. That means that these phones have to be put together fairly soon. We’ve just found out about some software work being done, but one of the major hardware components of these phones is the chipset. Samsung is building its own, but it’s also partnering with Qualcomm for some of its phones’ brains. Turns out, as industry sources claim, that partnership has become critical this year for one big reason.
First off, it looks like Samsung’s satisfied with its Exynos 8890 product and its domestic supply chain — satisfied enough to start on mass production. What we’re learning now about the in-house chipset is that it will indeed contain eight cores, yet will likely consume power more efficiently than the newly-comeSnapdragon 820.
Speaking of the two, it seems that the Galaxy S7 might see an even split-distribution of the two SoCs, unlikeSamsung’s 2015 halo products which were all Exynos-powered. Sources say that there wouldn’t have been enough supply for Samsung to equip all its spring flagship units with Exynos 8890 processors. This isn’t the first components mix to occur on this very device.
Final tests on both Exynos and Snapdragon processors will be done next month and the Galaxy S7 should be cleared for a February release “smoothly as planned schedule.”
We don’t know if there will be a January launch event. Maybe things will just change. We still have time to see.
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