Friday, February 2nd 2024
Qualcomm & Samsung Sign Extended Multi-year Snapdragon Deal
Cristiano Renno Amon, President and CEO of Qualcomm, discussed the successful launch of his company's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile platform during a January 31 Earnings Call—expectations have been set high for the flagship smartphone chipset: "(bringing) a new standard for on-device gen AI experiences for premium smartphones and powers all through flagship Android devices launched and launching this fiscal year." Amon highlighted Samsung's recently rolled out Galaxy S24 Ultra range, that makes use of a special "For Galaxy" Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. Industry watchdogs have continued to question Samsung's reliance on third-party processor solutions (including MediaTek Dimensity parts), despite having access to plenty of "worthy" in-house technology. Their flagship Exynos 2400 chip has been deployed with the Galaxy S24 Plus range, but Qualcomm Snapdragon-equipped devices offer better performance and efficiency.
The picky segment of Samsung's smartphone userbase will be pleased to hear about a renewed agreement between it and Qualcomm, which includes a trickling down to mid-range offerings—Amon made a big announcement during the late January conference call: "We're also announcing that we extended a multi-year agreement with Samsung relating to Snapdragon platforms for flagship Galaxy smartphone launches starting in 2024. The extended agreement demonstrates the value of Snapdragon 8, our technology leadership and our successful long-term strategic partnership with Samsung. In the quarter, we also announced the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile platform, which brings leading gen AI capabilities to high-tier Android smartphones and is a category leader in both experiences and performance." Going forward, Samsung is likely sticking with its current operating model of peppering a mix of Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets throughout its Galaxy Z, S and A product ranges.
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Qualcomm Q1 '24 Earnings Call, Wccftech, Image Source
The picky segment of Samsung's smartphone userbase will be pleased to hear about a renewed agreement between it and Qualcomm, which includes a trickling down to mid-range offerings—Amon made a big announcement during the late January conference call: "We're also announcing that we extended a multi-year agreement with Samsung relating to Snapdragon platforms for flagship Galaxy smartphone launches starting in 2024. The extended agreement demonstrates the value of Snapdragon 8, our technology leadership and our successful long-term strategic partnership with Samsung. In the quarter, we also announced the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 mobile platform, which brings leading gen AI capabilities to high-tier Android smartphones and is a category leader in both experiences and performance." Going forward, Samsung is likely sticking with its current operating model of peppering a mix of Snapdragon and Exynos chipsets throughout its Galaxy Z, S and A product ranges.
17 Comments on Qualcomm & Samsung Sign Extended Multi-year Snapdragon Deal
The article is pretty dumb itself... especially mentioning Mediatek... those are JDM units with a Samsung badge on them... Rarely who distinct ODM and JDM units for each maker.
With all this AI bullshit going around, what's the point also... it only fully works for English... so what's the point even having best AI HW... :D. People get hooked up and write about things they don't fully understand.
Even I was doing the tech influencer thing for a while and I couldn't even stand it myself after a while... had 2 companies that just... broke me... not naming names cuz I know they will come after me hard for it
I knew my stuff while most of these influencers are just nepo babies from the same content mills and agencies that are chosen cuz they fit certain profiles and stereotypes like a movie cast.
The problem is... it screws up the objective judgement prism for any average person. There is hard for an average Joe to understand what's right or not.
Well... at least the device itself ain't that bad really... but that's only the case for Samsung... the only complaint about S24 is that it is boring and same as S23, but there are many things advertised as next best thing since sliced bread, but are an utter crap, especially in mobiles.
It's got front glass that scratches at Mohs level 7 instead of 6 which means many common things that could previously scratch your phone can't anymore (only smartphone to have this new Corning glass), has the best display of any smartphone on the planet, is made of more durable materials, better battery life, etc. etc.
This s10 plus im using has snapdragon
My s9plus has exy tho
Since usually the S comes with Snapdragon in the US..