The Exynos 2600 is slated to be Samsung’s first 2nm GAA chipset , with the company’s typical strategy for next year being that it would incorporate the SoC in the Galaxy S26 Pro and Galaxy S26 Edge, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 reserved for the more premium Galaxy S26 Ultra. However, likely thanks to the advanced lithography, an analyst believes that next year, Samsung’s top-end offering will ship with the company’s own silicon, marking the first time in three years since the last time we witnessed any Galaxy S Ultra device shipping with an Exynos chipset.
Switching to the Exynos 2600 will help to reduce its massive chipset expenditure incurred from using Qualcomm’s Snapdragon family
Since 2023, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SoC has been exclusive to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, Galaxy S24 Ultra