Discussion - Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 may send Qualcomm crawling back to Samsung, and the iPhone is why

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TuGa121
TuGa121
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• 1d ago

I’m looking forward to seeing how the performance compares if Samsung ends up manufacturing these chips. Apple just demolished the s26u

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Bruce_Wayne
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• 1d ago

I mean iOS isn't a demanding UI since it's basically just glorified app launcher.

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TuGa121
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• 1d ago
↵Bruce_Wayne said:

I mean iOS isn't a demanding UI since it's basically just glorified app launcher.

Isn't it ironic that those criticizing the simplicity of iOS are the same Android users who constantly install third-party launchers to customize their own devices?

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Brewski
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• 57m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

I’m looking forward to seeing how the performance compares if Samsung ends up manufacturing these chips. Apple just demolished the s26u

You mean to say Apple's few-days old chip demolished a 1-year old chip.


Good to know.

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TuGa121
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• 55m ago
↵Brewski said:

You mean to say Apple's few-days old chip demolished a 1-year old chip.


Good to know.

It’s unfair to blame Apple for the timing disparity; they have maintained a consistent September release cycle for years, which is a standard industry schedule.

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Brewski
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• 34m ago

A 55% yield is not new for Samsung's foundry. This is the exact reason they didn't use Exynos in the SG26U because the yield was too low to get any usable chips and had to lean on SD8EG5 so heavily, at first it only got 30% yield and eventually climbed up to 50%. The SG25U was even worse at 20% climbing to 60%, but that is wasteful.


For this reason, and the poor track record of Exynos, I wouldn't recommend any chips from a Samsung foundry.

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Brewski
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• 27m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

It’s unfair to blame Apple for the timing disparity; they have maintained a consistent September release cycle for years, which is a standard industry schedule.

Apple is the one who set the Sept release schedule. They release a chip, and Snapdragon releases theirs a month later. Same year, same generation chip. For some reason you want to split them up into different calendar years even though they are a month apart. It's unfair to compare a 2025 chip to a 2026 one.

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TuGa121
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• 17m agoedited
↵Brewski said:

Apple is the one who set the Sept release schedule. They release a chip, and Snapdragon releases theirs a month later. Same year, same generation chip. For some reason you want to split them up into different calendar years even though they are a month apart. It's unfair to compare a 2025 chip to a 2026 one.

Let me google something for you real quick.

As per gemini....

The primary competitor to Apple's flagship iPhone 18 Pro max is the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, with which it shares a starting price of $1,299.

I understand your point, but Samsung ultimately decides to use Snapdragon chips, so there is nothing that can be done about the release timing. They used to release "Plus" chips in August, but that is no longer the case, so you cannot blame Apple for the current disparity.

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Brewski
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• 14m ago
↵TuGa121 said:

Let me google something for you real quick.

As per gemini....

The primary competitor to Apple's flagship iPhone 18 Pro max is the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, with which it shares a starting price of $1,299.

I understand your point, but Samsung ultimately decides to use Snapdragon chips, so there is nothing that can be done about the release timing. They used to release "Plus" chips in August, but that is no longer the case, so you cannot blame Apple for the current disparity.

Yes, that is true today. But if you had asked that same question last week it would say "The primary competitor to Apple's flagship iPhone 17 Pro max is the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra." And comparisons would have been drawn there. (Spoiler: Apple loses in that battle. You are simply choosing to pick the one where Apple wins.)

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TuGa121
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• 5m ago
↵Brewski said:

Apple is the one who set the Sept release schedule. They release a chip, and Snapdragon releases theirs a month later. Same year, same generation chip. For some reason you want to split them up into different calendar years even though they are a month apart. It's unfair to compare a 2025 chip to a 2026 one.

I like how you guys shift everything your way. What about before, when Apple had to go against the normal Snapdragon in February and then the Plus in August, even though Apple was always much faster, but still no one was talking about that? Now, since Apple just demolished Snapdragon again as usual, you want to make excuses.


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