Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence will reportedly characteristic barely older show know-how to maintain prices of manufacturing the upcoming handsets in examine. Whereas the iPhone 16 Professional fashions sport shows which can be constructed with the corporate’s newest know-how, the purported successors to the corporate’s Galaxy S24 lineup won’t supply the identical show enhancements as its rivals, in keeping with a report. Samsung is anticipated to launch the Galaxy S25 sequence of smartphones in early 2025, with Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.
Samsung Galaxy S25 May Characteristic Older Show Know-how to Minimize Prices
An ETNews report citing business insiders (in Korean) states that Samsung will equip the Galaxy S25 sequence with low-temperature polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) OLED panels constructed by Samsung Show utilizing M13 natural supplies. These are the identical OLED supplies had been reportedly utilized by the corporate to supply the shows for the Samsung Galaxy S24 sequence that arrived earlier this 12 months.
Which means that the Samsung Galaxy S25 sequence won’t characteristic shows which can be constructed utilizing M14 natural supplies, utilized by Samsung Show to supply the panels on the iPhone 16 Professional fashions that had been launched earlier this 12 months. Show Chain Provide Consultants (DSCC) CEO Ross Younger additionally echoed these claims, stating that the choice was made for “price causes”.
Confirmed with supplies suppliers that the S25 Extremely will use M13 reasonably than M14 supplies for price causes.
— Ross Younger (@DSCCRoss) October 25, 2024
The report additionally sheds some gentle on the show sizes of the corporate’s upcoming flagship telephones — the Galaxy S25 might characteristic a 6.16-inch display, whereas the Galaxy S25+ and the Galaxy S25 Extremely might sport 6.66-inch and 6.86-inch shows, respectively.
At Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Summit 2024 occasion, Samsung Cell President TM Roh mentioned that Samsung’s upcoming smartphone fashions could be outfitted with the chipmaker’s newest flagship processor. It’s unclear whether or not the purported determination to make use of an older show know-how to chop prices is expounded to the reported determination to make use of Snapdragon 8 Elite chipsets on all fashions, in contrast to the Galaxy S24 and Galaxy S24+ that arrived with an Exynos 2400 SoC in a number of markets.