@matrix i would say it's because of qualcomm. They aren't the nicest company ever and they do some shady bullshit similar to microsoft back in the day. They might have pressured samsung to downgrade their own chips to not to compete with snapdragon

@hj It's possible, but if that's the case why don't they drop Qualcomm and only use their own chips unprincipled?

@hj I found this https://www.gizmochina.com/2017/03/23/samsung-exynos-vs-qualcomm-snapdragon-exynos-still-isnt-commercial/

@hj And this, but both are old
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/71rjyx/why_exynos_is_not_used_by_samsung_in_the_us/

@matrix because quallcom is more profitable? Because they have contract obligations? Patents? Quallcomm are electronic components giant monopoly p much