Samsung Galaxy S7: Samsung Wants to Use Snapdragon 820 Chip in Upcoming Phone
The next Samsung Galaxy will make improvements on the Galaxy S6 and Samsung is insisting on using the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon processor for the smartphone. Samsung is trying to make the necessary fixes to ensure the new chip will not overheat the phone.
Samsung really wants to use the Snapdragon 820 processor in the upcoming Galaxy S7 smartphone, even though it is experiencing overheating issues, Gadget 360 reports.
Business Korea reports that Samsung is doing everything they can to use the unannounced Snapdragon 820 in its next Galaxy smartphone. Samsung is trying to make improvements on the chip including installing a "radiating pipe" inside the Galaxy S7 in order to limit its overheating.
Samsung could use its own Exynos chip in the Galaxy S7, but according to the Business Korea report, Samsung is insisting on using the Snapdragon 820 and will incorporate it into the phone "at all costs."
For the Galaxy S6, the Galaxy S6 Edge, the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and the Galaxy Note 5, Samsung decided to use their own Exynos 7420 chip instead of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip used in other 2015 smartphones. One of the reasons that Samsung chose not to use the Snapdragon 810 was its problems with overheating.
The LG G Flex 2 first experienced problems with overheating on the Snapdragon 810 and had to release a software update to fix the problem. Sony and HTC also reported overheating issues with the chip.
After learning of the overheating problems with the Snapdragon 810, other companies insisted on using an updated v2.1 of the Snapdragon 810 chip that did not have overheating problem.
The Snapdragon 820 has not been officially announced by Qualcomm, but if it is already experiencing problems, other smartphone companies could avoid using it in their future devices. Samsung hopes that they can make the necessary improvements on the chip to make it work for their upcoming Galaxy S7.
The Galaxy S7 could come out as early as January, as we previously reported.
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