Earlier this month we told you that Samsung is reportedly using an overclocked Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset to power the upcoming Galaxy S23 series. Instead of capping the clock speed of the chip’s ultra-high performance Cortex X-3 Prime core at 3.2 GHz, the version of the component that will be found under the hood of all Galaxy S23 units is said to have a Cortex X- 3 core running as fast as 3.32 GHz.
The Cortex X-3 core will deliver up to 25% better performance than the Cortex X-2. ARM says, “The Cortex-X Custom program enables customization and differentiation beyond the traditional Arm Cortex product roadmap, providing our partners with a means to deliver the ultimate performance required for their specific use cases.
Traditionally, Samsung has powered the Galaxy S line with its own Exynos chips everywhere except the US, Canada and China. But it seems many Galaxy S buyers weren’t happy paying flagship prices for the phones they claimed were powered by an inferior Exynos SoC. This will be rectified this year as it looks like Qualcomm has pretty much confirmed that it will have a “world share” of the Galaxy S23 series this year.
TSMC and Samsung Foundry are the top two chipmakers in the world (in that order). Xiaomi recently posted on Chinese social media site Weibo that its 13 series will be among the first phones to sport the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC.
The Samsung Galaxy S23 series includes the premium Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. The trio is expected to be showcased in January or February at the upcoming Samsung Unpacked event.
The hot new feature for the Galaxy S23 Ultra is expected to be a 200MP rear camera driven by a new 200MP image processor developed by Samsung. This is not the HP1 ISOCELL 200MP image processor made by Sammy and used on the Motorola X30 Ultra and Xiaomi 12T Pro.