Samsung Galaxy S25 could ditch Exynos for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 — with a huge 30% price hike

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Prices on the Galaxy S25 phones may go up as well

Galaxy s25 Ultra concept design by Technizo Concept on YouTube
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We're still quite a ways from actually seeing the Samsung Galaxy S25 phones in the wild, but the rumor mill is never idle. 

Despite reports that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset is going to drive prices up for many Android flagship phones, a new report from Android Police, suggests that Samsung is going all-in on the next-gen Qualcomm chips for the S25 series.

Currently, the S24 series uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chips in some markets and the Exynos 2400 in the S24 and S24 Plus in other regions. No matter where it's sold, the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra has the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in all regions.

This wouldn't be a huge surprise for Samsung, as they've done this before. The S23 models featured Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 in all the Galaxy S23 phones.

Based on Kuo's report, it seems like Samsung is struggling to produce enough working 3nm Exynos chips. Qualcomm is more than likely already at work on the next generation of Snapdragon 8 chips. We'll expect to see the company announce the new chipset this September or possibly in October. 

Unfortunately, choosing to go all-in with Qualcomm's next chips could boost the price of any phone they get installed in. Ming-Chi Kuo has said the price could go up between 25% and 30%.  And that's not to mention that the S25 might need larger batteries to run the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chips. 

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