Google pours water on flagship Dimensity chipset usage in Samsung mobile phones as rumours of poor Exynos 2500 yields emerge

Samsung ended last month by revealing the Galaxy S24 FE (curr. $709.99 on Amazon), Galaxy Tab S10 Plus and Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra. On the face of it, the trio look like direct replacements for the Galaxy S23 FE, Galaxy Tab S9 Plus and Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra, respectively. However, Samsung's decision to equip both Galaxy Tab S10 tablets with MediaTek Dimensity chipsets prompted quite a bit of speculation in the last few weeks about the future of its other flagship mobile products, including the Galaxy S25 series.

Arguably, this was furthered by Google, which was taken to mean by some as a nod to the Galaxy S25 series utilising MediaTek's latest Dimensity 9400 chipset. For reference, the original quote shown on Google's DeepMind website was as follows:

For example, MediaTek, one of the top chip design companies in the world, extended AlphaChip to accelerate development of their most advanced chips — like the Dimensity Flagship 5G used in Samsung mobile phones — while improving power, performance and chip area.

Since then, Google has reworded this section to remove any reference to Samsung and its 'mobile phones':

External organisations are also adopting and building on AlphaChip. For example, MediaTek, one of the top chip design companies in the world, extended AlphaChip to accelerate development of their most advanced chips while improving power, performance and chip area.

Added to that, Android Authority claims to have received confirmation from 'Google's DeepMind team' that the passage 'Dimensity Flagship 5G used in Samsung mobile phones' was 'erroneous'. With that being said, Business Korea recently reported that Samsung Exynos is having yield issues with its Exynos 2500 chipset, adding that 'its inclusion in next year's [is] Galaxy S25 uncertain'. Thus, it remains to be seen at this stage what chipset strategy Samsung will take for the Galaxy S25 series, beyond using the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 that has already appeared in various leaked benchmark results.