When you’re a smartphone-making giant, there are few points of greater pride than shipping phones running your company’s own chips. But more than just demonstrating industrial achievements, having your own chips can have a big impact on your company’s bottom line, as well as its ability to react nimbly to changing market demands—and that’s not even counting how much can easily do this. software development. So it’s no surprise to see a company like Samsung keep up with it Exynos efforts.

Samsung may have Exynos at its disposal, but the company clearly likes to keep its options open and also makes a lot of hardware based on Qualcomm Snapdragon processors — we even get the occasional MediaTek model, like the new one Galaxy Tab S10 series. And the question of which chip goes into which hardware is probably never more controversial than when we’re talking about the next flagship in the Galaxy S series.

Samsung often likes to split things up in the market, going with Exynos chips on its home turf and bringing Snapdragon phones to US buyers. But with recent releases like Galaxy S24 FE embracing Exynos everywhere, what could this mean for the company’s plans for next year Galaxy S25? We’ve heard a lot of rumours, but with nothing certain yet, we decided to ask you the question: which one would you prefer?

Would you buy an Exynos Galaxy S25?

Given how long US buyers have enjoyed Snapdragon-powered Galaxy phones and all they’ve no doubt heard about Exynos’ shortcomings in terms of raw power, it shouldn’t be surprising to see the at Qualcomm winning this contest. But as inevitable as this may have felt, this appears to be less than a complete loss for Samsung.

After all, a solid fifth of respondents are ready to dive into those Exynos waters, confident that maybe even if Samsung’s silicon can’t beat Qualcomm’s in a head-to-head test, it’ll still be more than good enough for what they In fact, they’ll get by with their phones. And about a third of you are willing to let the hardware speak for itself and want to hold off on making any judgments here until you see what Samsung can actually build.

A big issue we thought about when we put together this survey was cost, and with Exynos chips cheaper for Samsung to manufacture and use than to use a Qualcomm solution, that could theoretically help prevent the Galaxy S25’s costs from rising to unbearable levels. Looking at the comments I’ve received, the nature of your concerns with Exynos chips is really starting to crystallize, and it has nothing to do with price: you’re worried about them running too hot, and you’re worried about battery life. All else being equal, a phone that gets too hot when you use it is just plain uncomfortable and easily detracts from the kind of “premium” experience buyers expect from a major brand’s flagship lineup.

This isn’t exactly a new concern for Samsung’s Exynos chips, and with each new generation we wonder if this will be the entry that really manages to balance performance and heat in a way that ticks all the right boxes. And if it can do all that while being even more affordable than a Snapdragon, that’s just icing on the cake. For now, the Exynos 2500 is still a big unknown, and hopefully Samsung can do a little to ease concerns about it as we get closer to the hardware it will power.