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Given that it's only effecting S20's I'd be surprised if it was the snapdragon 865 as that's in a ton of phones as you point out. I'd expect it to be the Exyno
by SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
Given that it's only effecting S20's I'd be surprised if it was the snapdragon 865 as that's in a ton of phones as you point out. I'd expect it to be the Exynos 990, which is Samsung's custom chip for every region but North America and was only used in the S20 series.
- scrlk 3y agoWouldn't be surprised if it was an Exynos bug either. Samsung LSI haven't produced a decent flagship Exynos SOC for multiple generations now. Always behind Snapdragon on overall balance of performance (CPU/GPU/radios), heat and battery life. I refuse to buy any phone with an Exynos SOC ever since I got screwed with a poorly tuned Exynos 9810 in my S9. Andrei Frumusanu did a great two part article on turning the 9810 when he used to write for Anandtech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/12615/improving-exynos-9810-galaxy-s9-part-1 https://www.anandtech.com/show/12615/improving-exynos-9810-g... https://www.anandtech.com/show/12620/improving-the-exynos-9810-galaxy-s9-part-2 https://www.anandtech.com/show/12620/improving-the-exynos-98...
- fifteen1506 3y agoMeh, decisions decisions. I bought a Pixel 6a which uses Samsung technology for the Google SoC. I bought it anyway because I wanted to install GrapheneOS but since I assumed it was evolved-but-still-Exynos I did hesitate.
- AshamedCaptain 3y agoThere used to be a reason: Exynos variants had unlockable bootloader. Not sure how feasible unlocking is nowadays on the Qualcomm variants.
- scrlk 3y agoIIRC locked bootloaders on Qualcomm variants was found on US market phones, with non-US (e.g. Hong Kong) markets having a unlockable bootloader.