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Samsung Galaxy S23 Fan Edition may not disappoint, thanks to the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy is a great processor, even Qualcomm confirmed it’s the fastest Snapdragon ever made. Samsung’s preparing to launch the Galaxy S23’s Fan Edition, which could equip the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor.
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According to a new rumor, Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S23 FE (Fan Edition) smartphone will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor. The company may keep the “Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy” exclusive to the S23 series without compromising on S23 FE.
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 processor is manufactured by Taiwan’s TSMC, which is an overclocked version of the chipset used in the Galaxy S22 flagships. Last year, Samsung used the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 foldable smartphones.
Compared to the vanilla model, Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 brings better performance and efficiency and somewhat ends the overheating and throttling issues. Besides, it would be better than the company’s plans of using a new Exynos processor in the next Fan Edition.
Last but not least, the tipster claimed in their leak that the reason behind using Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 in Galaxy S23 FE is pricing. It will be helping Samsung to introduce the Galaxy S23 FE at striking (flagship-killer) pricing to rival Chinese phones such as the OnePlus 11R 5G.
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Galaxy S23 FE will use Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 to adjust the unit price.— Connor / 코너 / コナー (@OreXda) February 21, 2023
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Samsung first introduced the Galaxy S20 FE in the second half of 2020. It features the same specs as the Galaxy S20 lineup. Later, the company released the Galaxy S21 FE in early 2022, which didn’t gain profits for Samsung due to higher pricing, giving opportunities to rivals.
The Galaxy S22 series’s Fan Edition has not yet launched, and there’s any rumor about the device. Hence, reports indicating the arrival of the Galaxy S23 FE are just giving peace of mind that the company is not canceling the recently established lineup.
Apple’s newly released iPhone 15 Pro models evolved controversial over the heating problems. Various users complain that their device gets warm even without heavy usage. Well, Apple has finally decided to acknowledge overheating issues with the iPhone 15 Pro.
The iPhone maker issued a statement via Forbes, as to how it plans to address the problems. Apple has finally acknowledged that the iPhone 15 Pro series is having overheating problems. The company will release a new iOS 17 update for the devices soon.
Apple said the following: “We have identified a few conditions which can cause iPhone to run warmer than expected. The device may feel warmer during the first few days after setting up or restoring the device because of increased background activity”.
Apple’s statement notes that recent updates to some third-party apps on iOS 17, like Instagram, Asphalt 9, and Uber, overload the A17 Pro chip’s CPU, causing the iPhone to get warmer than normal. The optimization work is underway along with implementing necessary fixes to completely address the problem.
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Samsung is returning the Exynos chip, while the next Galaxy S Ultra will solely use the Snapdragon chipset. Equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy, the Galaxy S23 Ultra already surpasses the iPhone 15 Pro Max in graphics tests, the Galaxy S24 Ultra will be the next gaming king.
In a recent GPU compute test on Geekbench 6, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 scored over 15,000 points, 60% higher than the GPU score (9,000 points) of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Since the Galaxy S24 Ultra will boast the 8 Gen 3’s “for Galaxy” variant, the GPU performance will likely be even better.
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The time for Snapdragon has returned.
The GPU score for 8 Gen 3+ has been leaked.
8G2 9K
8G3+ 15K. pic.twitter.com/PdR8S6RzWA— Revegnus (@Tech_Reve) September 25, 2023
Previous reports revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 brings one ARM Cortex-X4 CPU core, five ARM Cortex-A720 CPU cores, and two Cortex-A520 CPU cores. In particular, it packs the Adreno 750 GPU with hardware ray-tracing acceleration, offering 50% better graphics than its predecessor.
Samsung is ready to return the Exynos chip with its next Fan Edition smartphone. The Galaxy S23 FE will come with Exynos 2200 processor and is set to officially debut on October 4. The aggressive pricing strategy of this device will help Samsung boost sales in key markets like India.
Earlier, tipster @stufflistings made an X post, revealing that the upcoming Galaxy S23 FE uses Exynos 2200 chip in India. In other markets like the United States, the device will get Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 AP, the same as the Galaxy S22 flagships.
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Apart from the S23 FE, the South Korean tech giant will also unveil the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Tab S9+ FE tablets alongside the Galaxy Buds FE on the same day. It’s worth mentioning that Google will also hold its made by Google event to introduce the Pixel 8 series.
[Exclusive] Here’s a real-life image of the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE.
Plus, here's the Geekbench score comparison between the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (right) with Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 (left).
Furthermore, I can confirm that the Exynos 2200 variant of the Galaxy S23 FE will launch in… pic.twitter.com/5872oKbh6Q— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) September 30, 2023