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Galaxy S7: Snapdragon 820 Samsung-exclusive until April 2016?

The Samsung Galaxy S7 could be the first smartphone with Qualcomm's brand new super chip - and also remain the only for a short time. Youngest rumored Samsung exclusive rights has secured until April 2016 at the Snapdragon 820th How does this affect the smartphone market?

For a long time it has been speculated that the Xiaomi Mi5 would be the first smartphone with Snapdragon 820 aboard. An entry in the Chinese network Weibo, to which G for Games appoints that seems now to refute. According to the latest rumor has the Samsung Galaxy S7 will come on the market before the Chinese Android competitor. Samsung have secured allegedly even temporary exclusive rights to Qualcomm's new CPU. Until April 2016, the Galaxy S7 could therefore remain the only flagship with Snapdragon 820 on the market.

Galaxy S7: Is Samsung to chip exclusivity?
If the successor of the Galaxy S6 as expected end of February 2016 presented at MWC and celebrate in March release is, the smartphone could stay for about one month the only model with the new chip. Is Samsung, in its factories the Qualcomm CPU is manufactured, in fact on the alleged exclusive rights which could provide for a delayed start of the smartphone-year 2016th All other producers would then have to wait at least until April with the release of their flagship models.

Snapdragon 820: High-end performance without heat problems
The Snapdragon 820 has been developed hand in hand with Samsung. The South Korean electronics group should help to get the heat problems of the previous model Snapdragon 810 to grips with Qualcomm. Therefore, the Galaxy S7 was also the first smartphone that has been spotted in benchmark tests with the new development of Qualcomm. There, the upcoming flagship model achieved impressive early December 5423 points in the multi-core test and even hung so that the iPhone 6s Plus from, which achieved 4351 points in the same test.

In addition to the Galaxy S7 allegedly put on the Snapdragon 820 also more smartphone models. Whether the recent rumors about the exclusive rights is something in it and all the other manufacturers have to hire back remains to be seen. Perhaps Samsung is situated even nichs mind to delay the start in the smartphone market 2016th After all, Qualcomm CPU is manufactured in the company's own factories.
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