For years, buyers of Samsung’s flagship phones have been subject to a geographical lottery. While the handsets outwardly look the same, the chipset powering them usually depends on the region of purchase, with the USA getting Qualcomm chips, and the rest of the world seeing models with Samsung’s own Exynos processors.
Next year’s Samsung Galaxy S25 family will reportedly be an exception, with all three models getting the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, no matter where you buy. That’s good news for tech fans, generally — not just because you can be sure that any reviews you read will match the performance of the model you buy, but because historically Qualcomm chips have outperformed their Exynos equivalents.
