has backed away from using its own Exynos chips and packs more of its high-end phones with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chipsets and low-end handsets with MediaTek's SoCs. Samsung shipped only 13 million Exynos-powered handsets during the fourth quarter of 2023, down 48% from the fourth quarter of 2022. As a result, Samsung took in 44% less revenue from its Exynos chipsets during Q4 2023 year-over-year., Samsung spent $8.87 billion on mobile chipsets in 2023, a 3.
Samsung could save money by replacing the MediaTek chips used on its low-priced models with its own Exynos SoCs. And there are rumors that Samsung might decide to use only Exynos chipsets for next year's Galaxy S25 flagship line.mid-rangers with Exynos chips and will replace MediaTek chipsets with its own Exynos APs on low-end models.