While the US gets the Snapdragon-powered Samsung Galaxy S7, Canada will get the Exynos variant
posted by Florin T.
Feb 25, 2016, 5:45 PM
Just like in the US, the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge can already be pre-ordered in Canada, where they'll be released on March 11. However, there's a difference between the US-bound Galaxy S7 handsets and those made for the Canadian market: they're powered by different processors. More exactly, while all Galaxy S7 variants for the US (regardless of carrier) are using Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 820, all Canadian variants rely on Samsung's own octa-core Exynos 8890 chipset - according to Mobile Syrup, this has been confirmed by Samsung. Thus, in case you were wondering, you won't be able to buy a Snapdragon-powered Galaxy S7 in Canada.
All in all, it looks like, except for the US and China, all other markets around the world will exclusively get Exynos-powered Galaxy S7 smartphones. Is anyone upset about this?
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