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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will find its way in 75 percent of all Galaxy S26 models worldwide , with the Galaxy S26 Ultra exclusively sporting Qualcomm’s flagship SoC in whatever markets it is sold in. Assuming Samsung had a choice, it would love nothing more than to save billions in chipset expenditure and employ its own SoCs in its devices, but that’s not possible, at least for now. Based on a rumor, the company will be forced to pay a hefty fine to Qualcomm if it does not hold up its end of the deal.

Samsung’s ‘lower than ideal’ yields of the Exynos 2600 aren’t helping matters either, but Qualcomm likely had something to do with ensuring a larger share of Galax

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