Sketchy rumour says Samsung Galaxy S25 series could go all in on Exynos

Earlier last year, Samsung confirmed it entered a multi-year agreement with Qualcomm for high-end smartphone SoCs. That hasn't stymied Samsung's efforts to develop its own Exynos chips in-house. A sketchy rumour from an otherwise reliable leaker (OreXDA on X) says Samsung plans to go all-Exynos next year, at least with the Galaxy S series.

The 2025-bound Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+ and Galaxy S25 Ultra will all launch with the Exynos 2500. Samsung will still honour Qualcomm's agreement by using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 (or its For Galaxy variant) on next year's Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7. Another X leaker @Tech_Reve chimed in, stating the Exynos 2400 will be the last of its kind, and Samsung will call its successor something else.

Lastly, Samsung's mid-range Galaxy A series will rely on mid-range Exynos and MediaTek Dimensity SoCs. The omission of Qualcomm parts from the Galaxy A series seems odd because Samsung has historically preferred them over their MediaTek counterparts. However, that has changed over the past release cycle and this allows Samsung to use Exynos chips on more of its mid-rangers.

An all-Exynos lineup might not be as bad as it used to be. The Exynos 2500 has been touted as Samsung's big comeback in the mobile AP space, internally referred to as "Dream Chip". On paper, it has a node advantage over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 For Galaxy (SF 3GAP vs TSMC N3E). That, combined with its RDNA 3 GPU, Cortex-X5 prime core and deca-core CPU, could give it the power to finally dethrone Apple.

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