Why isn't Samsung using the Exynos for more phones

The release of the Galaxy S2 was special; not only was it the thinnest phone on the market by a large margin, it also featured the powerful Exynos processor, still one of the most powerful processors available in a smartphone today. But the release of the S2 in the United States brought a troubling trend, for while two of the four releases contained the Exynos, the other two featured the higher clocked but less powerful Snapdragon processor. And unfortunately, this trend has manifested itself again, for arguable the fastest phone in existence, the Galaxy Note, has been crippled again in the United States with the addition of yet another Snapdragon processor.

The reasons for this are unclear; it may be that more consumers in the U.S. look directly at the clock speed rather than the actual capabilities or real world performance of a phone than perhaps in Europe.

Whatever the reason for this troubling trend, we implore Samsung to avoid the Snapdragon in the future and stick with its home grown Exynos.