Will Exynos make a shocking return with the Galaxy S26 Ultra?

Recent reports claimed that Samsung will equip at least some Galaxy S26 models with the in-house Exynos 2600 chip. However, most reports mentioned that the chip will only be used in the Galaxy S26 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Edge, depending on the country. Now, a new report claims that the chip will also be used in the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

Could it be true?

Shocking report claims Galaxy S26 Ultra uses Exynos 2600 chip

Korea Herald's report claims that Samsung will start mass producing the Exynos 2600 this month and that it will be used in the Galaxy S26 series. This information aligns with previous reports about the Exynos 2600 powering the Galaxy S26 Pro and the Galaxy S26 Edge. However, in the new report, Daishin Securities analyst Park Kang-ho claims that the chip will also be used in the Galaxy S26 Ultra.

If this is true, it would be the first time in four years that a Galaxy S Ultra model would use an Exynos chipset. Here's a list of previous Galaxy S Ultra phones and their processors:

Galaxy S21 Ultra: Exynos 2100 or Snapdragon 888, depending on the country or region

Galaxy S22 Ultra: Exynos 2200 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, depending on the country or region

Galaxy S23 Ultra: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy

Galaxy S24 Ultra: Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy

Galaxy S25 Ultra: Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy

We think this is just a mistranslation or the analyst misspoke, as we haven't seen any sign of a variant of the Galaxy S26 Ultra with the Exynos 2600 chip. It is likely that the flagship phone will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip worldwide, following Samsung's track record for the past three years.

If the Exynos 2600 is launched early next year, it would be the world's first 2nm smartphone chip. It is fabricated on Samsung Foundry's 2nm process node. While MediaTek has announced that it has taped out a flagship chip based on TSMC's 2nm process node, it won't be launched before the fourth quarter of next year.

Asif Iqbal Shaik - Senior Editor

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Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.

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