Galaxy S24 might bring flagship Exynos chips back from the dead

Samsung releasing the Galaxy S23 FE featuring the Exynos 2200 SoC later this year might be just one puzzle piece of a broader strategy to increase the market share of Exynos. A Korean business news outlet seemingly corroborates our recent exclusive report on the Galaxy S23 FE and further states that Samsung is also working on an Exynos 2400 chipset for next year.

Samsung's strategy to increase the market share of Exynos may have consequences for future Galaxy S24 users. As per the rumor, Samsung is now developing the Exynos 2400 SoC and may push the chipset into mass production in November at the earliest. Supposedly, Samsung plans to use the Exynos 2400 for the Galaxy S24 series.

According to a previous self-proclaimed “reliable leak,” the upcoming Exynos 2400 chip has 10 CPU cores, including:

• 1x Cortex-X4 primary core
• 2x Cortex-A720 high-frequency cores
• 3x Cortex-A720 low-frequency cores
• 4x Cortex-A520 energy-efficient cores

What about Qualcomm's agreement with Samsung?

It's not hard to imagine Samsung wanting to increase its chipset market share using the Galaxy S series' brand power, but this rumor raises some questions.

The Galaxy S23 series is powered exclusively by the latest Snapdragon chipset because of what Qualcomm CEO called a multi-year agreement with Samsung. This agreement resulted in the “for Galaxy” overclocked exclusive Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 variant, boasting higher primary CPU and GPU frequencies. Needless to say, Samsung going back to an Exynos chip for the Galaxy S24 sounds like something that would go against the multi-year agreement with Qualcomm.

Furthermore, the Galaxy S23 series is an excellent smartphone boasting great battery life, and convincing half the world to go back to an Exynos SoC after they had such a positive experience using the Galaxy S23 might not be easy an easy task for Samsung. It could hurt sales, and the Korean tech giant might want to avoid trying to increase the market share of Exynos by decreasing the market share of the Galaxy S flagship series.

So, how accurate is this rumor? It's hard to tell, and we're many months away from the Galaxy S24 unveiling, which should happen early next year. But if Samsung equips the Galaxy S24 with an Exynos 2400 chip, the latter better be good. And even if it is, the company may have difficulties selling the Galaxy S24 to now-Snapdragon users.

We could also entertain the idea that Samsung may be working on the Exynos 2400 chip without planning to use it for the Galaxy S24 flagship series but for other clients or upper mid-range Galaxy phones and tablets. Perhaps the Galaxy S24 FE — if there will be one — and clients from China.