Samsung is famous with its own chipset – the Exynos. Exynos 7420 is the power source of Samsung Galaxy S6 & Galaxy Note 5. However, recently some updates online have shown information of Samsung testing Snapdragon 820. It seems the Korean manufacturer has found some prominent features in this Qualcomm chipset. Rumor has it that Samsung will sport this on their next flagship – the Samsung Galaxy S7.

Samsung will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 on Galaxy series again?

Samsung was once the biggest companion of Qualcomm. Their high end phones used to sport Snapdragon chipset, before Exynos took over. However, Snapdragon 820 must be powerful for Samsung to test it on their next flagship.

Samsung Galaxy S7 is being tested with both Exynos and Snapdragon 820

Snapdragon 820 will not have any heating problems anymore, said Qualcomm. Moreover, according to Korean news, this chipset has passed all the tests to prove that it will overpower and have improved from its predecessor.

However, maybe Samsung Galaxy S7 with Snapdragon 820 will be only available in selected markets. Samsung Galaxy S7 in the Philippines will probably still be the Exynos-powered version.

Will the Exynos or Snapdragon 820 version be more powerful?

Although a new Galaxy flagship is expected, we still do not know if these information are really the truth. However, if Samsung is indeed planning to use Snapdragon 820 on Samsung Galaxy S7, then this is good news for both Samsung and Qualcomm. With Galaxy S7, Qualcomm may win reputation back to its chipset.

One other small note, although Samsung still have no official word about the OS they are using for Galaxy S7, it is very likely that the device will come with the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. Looking for your confirm, Samsung!

Anyways, Samsung Galaxy S7 will not be out until this time next year, so nothing can be concluded yet. In the mean time, we can take a closer look at Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+ or Samsung Galaxy Note 5 to know more about Samsung flagships. On the other hand, we can also examine some top tier flagships with Snapdragon 810, to see which version of chipset will be the better Galaxy S7.