Probable Samsung Galaxy A36 5G specs revealed in early pre-release leak

The Galaxy A35 5G (curr. $257.50 on Amazon) is barely over six months old. Nonetheless, the first sighting of a potential successor has been spotted on Geekbench in no less than nine listings. As usual, the benchmarking website does not refer to the device by its eventual retail name or reveal what it looks like.

Instead, all entries feature the model number SM-A366B and a few previously unknown specifications. For context, SM-A346 and SM-A356 relate to the Galaxy A34 5G and Galaxy A35 5G, respectively. Thus, Samsung's nomenclature suggests that SM-A366B should be the model number for the Galaxy A36 5G.

Additionally, all Geekbench entries outline that the Galaxy A36 5G has been tested with 6 GB of RAM. However, this is likely the device's lowest RAM configuration if its predecessor is anything to go by. Moreover, it seems that Samsung will replace the Exynos 1380 that powers the Galaxy A35 5G with a chipset sourced from Qualcomm.

Again, Geekbench does not list the chipset in question. With that being said, the identifier ARM implementer 65 architecture 8 variant 1 part 3393 revision 2 offers a few clues, as does its CPU configuration. Seemingly, Samsung has opted for one of three options, which could be the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3, Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 or Snapdragon 7s Gen 3. Unfortunately, it remains to be seen which chipset will power the Galaxy A36 5G yet; while the GPU implies it could be the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 or Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, its CPU configuration points to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 being used.