Samsung won't use MediaTek SoCs in its smartphone after all

The Galaxy S22 FE which will arrive later this year should not be powered by a processor signed MediaTek, contrary to what some reports straight from South Korea claimed.

A week ago, our Korean colleagues from Business Korea affirmed that Samsung was going to opt for MediaTek chips in its Galaxy S22 FE and Galaxy S23, but it wouldn’t. Leaker @chunvn8888 announced on Twitter thatno Galaxy S22 FE would benefit from a MediaTek Dimensity 9000 chiplike the Redmi K50s or a version of the OPPO Find X5 Pro in China.

Still, seeing Samsung use a MediaTek chip in its smartphones would make sense. First of all, these are cheaper than Qualcomm’s chips, which would therefore correspond well to the Galaxy S22 FE, which must be placed at a lower price compared to the other smartphones in the series. Moreover, Dimensity 9000 chip is faster than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Exynos 2200 Galaxy S22, and could therefore make people forget the controversy around the latter. Remember, Samsung has recently been accused of throttling performance of his smartphones, after which he was forced to halve their price.

What do we know about the Galaxy S22 FE?

the Galaxy S21 FE was launched at the beginning of 2021, but the latter had been postponed numerous times. Samsung could therefore choose to launch the next Galaxy S22 FE as soon as the end of this year, but we don’t know exactly when we can expect it. It should retain an attractive price-performance ratio, although the Galaxy S21 FE was launched way too expensive to scare off the competition.

As was the case with its predecessor, Samsung should choose toequip the European model with an Exynos 2200 chipwhile the US version would benefit from a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Samsung could also opt for Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus, which promises to fix the many flaws of the original version. The first smartphone to use it would be none other than the Xiaomi 12 Ultra, which is expected by this summer.