Samsung is highly expected to launch the Galaxy S26 series in early 2026, but its chip development team is not yet finalized on the series’ chipset (Exynos 2600).
Earlier this year, Samsung debuted the Galaxy S25 series, including the Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Ultra, and then a few months later, it debuted one more device under the same series, the Galaxy S25 Edge, and all four of these smartphones are widely powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.
Now the company is gearing up to bring the next-generation Galaxy S26 series next year sometime between late January and February. Recently, three models of the series were spotted online on the GSMA Database, including the Galaxy S26, Galaxy S26 Ultra, and Galaxy S26 Edge, with dedicated model numbers. The absence of the Galaxy S26+ hints that the company could replace the Plus model with the Edge; however, it’s not officially confirmed yet.
Coming to the processor of the series, which still remains in question, at the NAEK Young Festival in Seoul, System LSI President Park Yong-in stated that Samsung is systematically developing the in-house Exynos 2600 chip and expressed confidence that the results will be positive. Notably, on asking, he refused to confirm (“the customer’s decision,” referring to the Samsung MX division) that the coming Galaxy S26 will use the new chipset.
Samsung MX is the unit that stands as a pillar for manufacturing Galaxy phones. In the past few years, the unit has been proactively expanding its supply chain instead of blindly relying on in-house sources; for instance, the Galaxy S25 used memory chips from Micron instead of Samsung Memory, and this trend could continue with the next-generation smartphones.
A few reports also suggest that Samsung could use the in-house Exynos 2600 to power the Galaxy S26 smartphones, at least in a few selected markets. Since there’s no official statement regarding the confirmed chipset of the Galaxy S26 that has been revealed yet, it’s quite difficult to predict anything, at least for now.
