Blame Snapdragon: An Exynos-powered Galaxy S27 Ultra is now more likely than ever

TL;DR Samsung is reportedly considering using an Exynos 2700 on the Galaxy S27 Ultra.

Samsung’s internal testing shows the newly launched Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 runs too hot and throttles.

Both companies are working on solving these issues, but the schedule is tight.

There’s no mystery that Samsung is in the late stages of working on the Galaxy S27 series. We’ve seen renders of the upcoming devices, highlighting all the design changes on the Galaxy S27 Ultra, or their lack in the base Galaxy S27 and the Plus. We’ve also seen plenty of evidence suggesting Samsung likely wouldn’t backtrack on launching a Pro model in 2027, which it skipped in the last generation. We’ve also heard of Samsung’s plans to use Exynos 2700 across the base, Plus, and Pro variants of the Galaxy S27. …