Samsung to skip Exynos for the Galaxy A18’s 4G and 5G models | Infinium-tech

The 4G and 5G models of the Samsung Galaxy A17 launched last year were powered by MediaTek’s Helio G99 and Samsung’s Exynos 1330 chips, respectively. However, a report ZDNet Korea It is claimed that neither the 4G nor 5G models of the Galaxy A18 will have an Exynos chip under the hood.

The publication claims that the Samsung Galaxy A18 4G will be powered by a MediaTek chip, and the 5G model will be powered by a Qualcomm chip, without disclosing the names of both. The reason Samsung ditched Exynos for the Galaxy A18 is potential cost.

Samsung Galaxy A17 5G

Furthermore, the publication claims that Samsung will launch the Galaxy A18 4G first, followed by the Galaxy A18 5G a few months later. Samsung is expected to begin mass production of the Galaxy A18 4G sometime in August.

The Korean brand plans to produce 100,000 units of the Galaxy A18 4G in August, 2.4 million units in September, and 2.5 million units in October. However, production plans may change depending on market conditions.

The production of Galaxy A18 5G will begin as per Qualcomm’s preparation.

Samsung Galaxy A17

We don’t have much information about the Samsung Galaxy A18 right now, but we do know that its 4G variant has the model designation SM-A185F, as its test firmware was spotted on Samsung’s servers for Europe.

Samsung Galaxy A17 5G

Source (in Korean)