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Samsung has ended months of leaks by officially confirming the Exynos 2600, its next major mobile chipset. The company released a short teaser video that offers an early look at the flagship processor, which is expected to arrive before the Galaxy S26 series.
The teaser employs an unusual level of honesty for Samsung. It opens with the line “in silence, we listened,” a clear nod to the criticism aimed at older Exynos chips. The message then shifts toward confidence, highlighting that the new processor is “refined at the core” and “optimized at every level,” signaling a major reset for Samsung’s silicon strategy.
The Exynos 2600 is expected to become the first 2nm smartphone chipset on the market. Early benchmark results indicate that it can directly compete with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This performance gap has long hurt Samsung’s Exynos division, and the company appears determined to change the narrative with its latest hardware.
Samsung is reportedly planning to introduce the Exynos 2600 inside the Galaxy S26 series. However, the rollout might vary by region, as some markets could still receive Snapdragon-powered models. Even so, the Exynos 2600 marks one of Samsung’s most ambitious attempts to reclaim top-tier performance in the global chipset race.
