Samsung has long used Qualcomm chips to powers it flagship phone . But nowa report from Bloomberg suggeststhat the society is to drop Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon chip in its new Galaxy S6 due to overheating return .
Thereport from Bloombergexplains that Samsung will be “ dropping its utilisation of a Qualcomm Inc. poker chip that overheated during the Korean society ’s testing . ” The component in question is the Snapdragon 810 , and Bloomberg fairly points out that it would be a big risk to employ a chip that ’s been shown to overheat during tests .
Instead , Bloomberg suggests , the “ fresh Galaxy S will be equipped with Samsung ’s most in advance chips . ” That presumptively hint that the South Korean company will settle back on its own Exynos central processor range , which it currently uses mainly in easterly markets . But that would have its downsides : Samsung has leant on Qualcomm ’s fleck for their superior LTE integration , which is miss in its homegrown Si .
Meanwhile , LG and Xiaomi have already announced phones that will boast Qualcomm ’s Snapdragon 810 chips . If Samsung does ditch the silicon , 2015 could be an left over class for Android phones , where vie specs — not features — engagement for success . Let ’s wait see . [ Bloomberg ]
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