The reason for refusing was “problems with Samsung’s production”. It is reported that the appropriate Exynos 2600 chips – Samsung’s own solution – that the output is only 50%and you need at least 70%for mass production. Qualcomm decided not to take risks, especially given the past problems regarding overheating and low energy efficiency of the Snapdragon 888, especially by Samsung.
All versions of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 will be installed on the Galaxy S26 Ultra in only 3-nm Taiwan TSMC process.
Source: Ferra

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