Simply put, this would mean American variants (SM-S90xU) of the Galaxy S22 would feature the Snapdragon 898 SoC, while the South Korean variant (SM-S90xN) will offer the in-house Exynos 2200 chip. Although the revelation by Naver (via) doesn’t offer clarity on the chipset running on International or European markets, Samsung will likely stick to Exynos 2200 for these regions. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S22 variants bearing the ‘E’ moniker in their model numbers will feature the Snapdragon 898 chipset. These variants are likely headed to markets in Africa and Asia, including India.
The Galaxy S22 series will launch on February 8
Initial reports said that the Exynos variants of the Galaxy S22 might not release anywhere. However, subsequent reports have dismissed those claims. The Exynos 2200 has generated a lot of hype already, especially since it will be Samsung’s first chipset to use an integrated AMD GPU. Graphics performance is should be above and beyond our expectations with features like ray tracing built-in. The Snapdragon 898 chipset, on the other hand, is expected to dominate the mobile industry going into 2022 and beyond. Qualcomm will officially unveil this new chip at its annual Tech Summit later this year. The Galaxy S22 series will launch on February 8, 2022, and go up for pre-order the same day. The trio of flagships should reach retail shelves by February 18, as per reports. Samsung originally intended to bring the Galaxy S22 series in January. But the company pushed its arrival to avoid a clash with the Galaxy S21 FE. This variant will now reach markets on January 4. As per recent reports, the Galaxy S21 FE may not launch in key markets like the U.S. The chip shortage could be one of the likely reasons for this. Additionally, some U.S. carriers reportedly don’t want to offer the Galaxy S21 FE. This makes sense, given that the Galaxy S22 would be only a month away when the FE variant is launched.
