Samsung confirms Galaxy S22 will launch with Exynos 2200 chip

Samsung confirms Galaxy S22 will launch with Exynos 2200 scrap

An unofficial render of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra in white, featuring a leaked custom wallpaper

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Update: New Exynos 2200 chip benchmarks take appeared and they really beat Snapdragon 8 Gen-1.

The Samsung Galaxy S22'south chipset was expected to be announced on January 11, but instead, all we got was silence. However, Samsung says that this new chipset will be coming after all, just a lilliputian later on than planned.

January eleven was meant to be the mean solar day we saw the proclamation of the Exynos 2200, Samsung'due south new flagship mobile chipset. Still, that date came and went without any news, and the original tweet announcing the effect has been deleted (via XDA Developers).

Subsequently some incertitude, a Samsung spokesperson confirmed to Business Korea (via Digital Trends) that the new Exynos scrap is withal coming, but will be announced aslope a new telephone, about likely referring to the incoming Galaxy S22. So we should expect the Exynos 2200 to be unveiled at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2022 event, which has been tipped for February 8.

"Nosotros are planning to unveil the new awarding processor at the fourth dimension of launching a new Samsung smartphone," the argument reads. The spokesperson added, "there are no issues with the AP's production and functioning," putting a rumor that had been circulating about the reason for the new chip'southward delay to bed.

Information technology had been originally believed, due to a tweet from leaker Dohyun Kim (via SamMobile) that the no-evidence of the Exynos 2200 was because Samsung had decided to drop the bit for the Galaxy S22 serial, instead going with the Snapdragon viii Gen 1 (expected to be found in the U.S. models) worldwide.

Ordinarily users in the U.K. and other countries would be jealous of the superior performance that Snapdragon Galaxy S-series phones normally get over their Exynos counterparts. Nonetheless, this year at that place are some reasons why the Exynos versions could in fact be superior.

Non only take leaked graphics benchmarks showed the Exynos 2200 somehow outperforming the mighty Apple tree A15 Bionic chip from the iPhone thirteen serial, but information technology was too rumored to have AMD Radeon RDNA ii graphics; that's the same GPU compages used in the PS5 and Xbox Series Ten. This isn't something nosotros've ever seen in a telephone, so having Samsung introduce it would take been a welcome movement; specially for users looking for the best gaming phones.

Gaming is something Samsung'southward spokesperson too addresses in their statement. "The new GPU is expected to resolve the problems of the Exynos 2100," they said. "We intend to sharpen our competitiveness by loading GPUs for games into mobile devices."

Unfortunately, there's been some other recent leak that spells bad news for the Milky way S22, as one leaker says that all three Milky way S22 models are getting a price hike of $100 each.

The skilful news is that there is plenty of other things to entice users to the S22 series, according to the rumors. The top Galaxy S22 Ultra model is seeing the most rumored additions, including an integrated South Pen and enhanced 108MP photography with a new Super Articulate Lens. The base S22 and S22 Plus should nevertheless see some upgrades though, such as more meaty designs and new 50MP chief cameras.

Information technology's less than a month until the S22's rumored launch date of February 8. So information technology's not long to await until we tin can try out this phone for ourselves. In the concurrently, bookmark our Samsung Galaxy S22 hub for all the latest news and leaks.

Richard is a Tom'south Guide staff writer based in London, covering news, reviews and how-tos for phones, gaming, sound and whatever else people need advice on. Following on from his MA in Magazine Journalism at the University of Sheffield, he's also written for WIRED U.K., The Register and Artistic Bloq. When not at work, he's probable thinking about how to brew the perfect cup of specialty coffee.