Samsung Galaxy S6 Snapdragon 810 not happening: yet another rumored reason

Folks, this topic will either become subject to one of the most accurate reports and leaks of the year so far, or it will turn out to be the biggest smoke curtain/rumor fails of 2015. TL;DR: the next Samsung flagship will not pack Qualcomm’s latest and greatest, the Snapdragon 810. There were a lot of Samsung Galaxy S6 Snapdragon 810 rumors going on lately, and this one claims that it will simply not happen because Samsung wants to compete, even in the SoC business, with the application processor-maker Qualcomm.According to the report, Samsung will favor its own, in-house, Exynos ...

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No Snapdragon 810 overheating issue on the LG G Flex 2, says executive

Not one, but two separate reports are claiming that Samsung will ditch Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 processor for the upcoming Galaxy S6, because of alleged overhearing issues of the processor that occurred during testing phases. Depending on the report, we would either see no Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S6 this year, or we will see most of the flagships powered by the Exynos chip, and, later, when Qualcomm solves ...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 announcement on March 2, pre-MWC, says report

When it rains, it pours… and today looks to be a day where Samsung is making most of the headlines (well, until Microsoft’s event happens soon). All of this happening today, we found out that the S6 might not include a Snapdragon processor, could have 4GB of RAM, and would not be waterproof (and neither would its S6 Edge ...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 won’t be waterproof, neither the S6 Edge, claims report

The Samsung Galaxy S6 will not be waterproof. That’s what this report from Italy claims, and neither will be the the Galaxy S6 Edge. Let’s stop right there, as this report seems to talk about two different models. First, apparently, the 2015 flagship Galaxy S6 will not be waterproof like its 2014

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There will be no Snapdragon Galaxy S6, claims Bloomberg, only Exynos

Last week we’ve seen a DigiTimes report on how Samsung would ditch Qualcomm for its 2015 flagship, the Galaxy S 6, because of overheating issues. Apparently, as they say, where there’s smoke there must be fire (pun intended), as a more recent Bloomberg report seems to talk about how we’ll see no Snapdragon Galaxy S6 this year, despite just a few moments ago hearing the opposite (with regards ...

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Samsung Galaxy S6 specs could include 4GB RAM for certain models

We expect HTC to show off something at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, but, opposed to the Taiwanese phone maker — who announced its One M8 flagship post-MWC — Samsung, its biggest competitor, has announced its Galaxy S5 flagship at the Barcelona show. Because of that, and despite not hearing anything pointing to an MWC event, we’re expecting the Galaxy S6 to make an official debut in a little more than a month.Samsung Galaxy S6 specs and features were mentioned with the occasion of countless rumors we’ve seen in the past (from

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Samsung might ditch Qualcomm for the Galaxy S 6

Samsung is reportedly interested in a BlackBerry acquisition — the details of the alleged offer, as well as BlackBerry’s press release which refutes the rumor, leaving however, a tiny door open just in case ca be found here — and now the South Korean phone-maker is, again, in the headlines, this time, with regards to its next flagship, the Galaxy S 6.Samsung might ditch Qualcomm for the 2015 Galaxy S — the ...

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Samsung Galaxy S 6 TouchWiz could be as light as the UI on Google’s Nexus 6

“We are aiming to get rid of unnecessary functions and simplify our UI at the level of Google’s Nexus 6″, allegedly said an unnamed industry source, quoted by Business Korea, and referring to Samsung’s own TouchWiz user interface. This custom UI, present on Samsung’s smartphones since the very early ages, is a polarising topic, with most part of the media and users alike agreeing that it is too heavy and bulk-loaded. That, and the fact that a lot of internal storage — which could be otherwise used for documents, multimedia, games, and alike — is ...

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