Samsung May Leave Exynos Out of the Galaxy A18 Entirely

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Samsung is always working on new phones, and one of these is the Galaxy A18. A new report out of Korea claims the company has decided which chips will power its next affordable phone. Samsung is reportedly replacing Exynos with a Snapdragon chip in the Galaxy A18 5G, while the Galaxy A18 4G will continue to use a MediaTek processor.

Galaxy A18 5G may switch to Snapdragon while 4G model keeps MediaTek

Samsung has traditionally preferred using its own Exynos chips whenever possible, especially in Galaxy A series devices. However, that doesn’t appear to be the case this time. According to the report, Exynos has been dropped from the Galaxy A18 lineup, with Qualcomm supplying the 5G model and MediaTek handling the 4G version.

The report doesn’t say which Snapdragon or MediaTek chip Samsung has selected. It does, however, claim that component production for the Galaxy A18 4G has already started. Mass production for the Galaxy A18 5G components is expected to begin once Qualcomm is ready with supply.

This would be a change from the Galaxy A17 series. The Galaxy A17 4G launched with MediaTek’s Helio G99 processor, while the Galaxy A17 5G used Samsung’s Exynos 1330 chip. If the report is accurate, Samsung will rely entirely on third-party chip suppliers for the Galaxy A18.

The Galaxy A18 4G is reportedly scheduled to enter mass production in August. Samsung is said to be planning an initial run of 100,000 units before ramping up production to 2.4 million units in September and 2.5 million units in October. As always, those figures could change depending on market demand.

Furthermore, the report adds that Samsung will unveil the Galaxy A18 later this year, with the 4G model likely arriving ahead of the 5G variant. The Galaxy A1x series remains one of Samsung’s highest volume smartphone lineups, for what it’s worth.

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Abhinav Anand

Abhinav Anand is the News Editor at SammyGuru and a technology journalist based in New Delhi. Before joining SammyGuru, he contributed to numerous outlets, including Android Headlines, ExtremeTech, The Mac Observer, Financial Express, Economic Times, iGeeksBlog, KnowTechie, PhonesWiki, SlashGear, and more. You can reach him at [email protected].

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