Here`s why Samsung launched the Galaxy S22 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in India
(Android Central)

Galaxy S22 buyers in India will get Qualcomm`s latest chipset instead of the Exynos 2200. It`s official: the Galaxy S22 series will be powered by Qualcomm`s latest 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in India. A few leaks hinted as much before the launch, and Samsung confirmed the same in a blog post. This is obviously a huge deal, because Samsung only launched Exynos variants of its phones in the country over the last seven years. The one instance where it deviated from the path was with the 5G variant of the Galaxy S20 FE, which offered the Snapdragon 865. Samsung initially launched the S20 FE sans 5G connectivity, with that model running the Exynos 990. But in March 2021, the Korean manufacturer rolled out the 5G model with Qualcomm`s chipset, and that generated an additional wave of interest in the device. Samsung is the only Android manufacturer to use a dual-sourcing strategy for its flagships, and it continues to do so because the model has worked particularly well for the brand. It res...