Samsung’s decision to ditch Qualcomm in favor of its own Exynos chips, who had leapfrogged the San Diego-based silicon slinger’s offerings and moved to a superior, 14nm process, was met with complete surprise. Yes, it makes sense for a company that makes its own chips to use them in their phones, but until very recently, Samsung’s semiconductor unit was lagging behind, so Qualcomm was an obvious partner for its super high-ends. If a new benchmark run through GeekBench’s suite of tests is any indication, this isn’t about to change: a new, mysterious device was spotted supposedly running an unknown …
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