#samsung is hoarding Qualcomm’s supply of Snapdragon 835 chips until #galaxy S8 release
January 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
A report from Forbes, corroborated by The Verge today, has revealed that Samsung is grabbing the lion’s share of the first Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processors, and in the process forcing its competitors to use the older Snapdragon 821 chipset. Forbes indicates an April 14th release date for Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8, and says that no Android flagship phones released before then will feature the 835 chip. The report specifically calls out the LG G6 as being based on the Snapdragon 821, and we already know that the HTC U Ultra will use the 2016 silicon.
It’s hard to know exactly how much better the new 2017 chip will be, especially in light of the strong and proven performance of the Snapdragon 821 in devices like the…
