The saga regarding the Snapdragon 810 and overheating issues continues. Will Samsung use the Snapdragon 810 in the Galaxy S 6 is one of the biggest questions this year. There have been reports indicating that Samsung would go exclusively with the homegrown Exynos, and others indicating that Samsung could never drop Qualcomm completely.
Now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that Qualcomm has worked around the heating issue and will deliver a new version of the chip to Samsung in March. Some analysts have already predicted that Samsung will launch the S6 in Korea on time, but delay it in other markets because of this very reason.
Some blogs are taking this news as in Qualcomm has made a special modified version of the 810 specifically for Samsung, but that might not be true. This report seems to indicate that Qualcomm has made the necessary changes to the chip, which would be used by all manufacturers.
I keep saying this story will be interesting. In fact, it could be the biggest story of the year. Samsung can’t afford any mishaps with the Galaxy S 6, and Qualcomm’s year is dependent on the 810. If this goes sour, Qualcomm might have a hard time digging out of this mess.
source: WSJ
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