Exynos and Qualcomm Galaxy S10 phones will not be identical, report says – BGR

The next flagship product of Samsung is not expected for several months, but the rumors about the Galaxy S10 are not lacking. A new Korean report mentions two major innovations of the Galaxy S10, including the integrated fingerprint sensor that we already expect to see on the phone and the logic cards that will be used inside the handset. The report also states that the Galaxy S10 versions will not be identical in terms of chip selection and internal design.

according to ETNews, the Galaxy S10 will include a stacked printed circuit board of the type SLP (Substrate Like PCB). If SLP sounds familiar to you, it's because we have seen such smart cards on other popular devices, including the 2017 and 2018 iPhones, and Samsung's flagship product, 2018. SLP cards allow manufacturers to stack the chips and significantly reduce the size of the logic board inside the phone. The space released and be used to increase the size of the handset battery, or add additional components.

However, it seems that not all versions of the Galaxy S10 are using SLP designs. Only phones running with Exynos will receive stacked circuit cards, but not Qualcomm versions. The report says nothing about the type of chips that Samsung will use on the Galaxy S10, but the company announced last week that it was ready to manufacture 7-nm chips. TSMC will also produce 7nm Qualcomm chips for next year's flagship Android phones, including Galaxy S10 versions. ETNews However, only Galaxy S10 handsets with Exynos chips would use the SLP logic board, identifying multiple vendors, including Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Daeduck GDS and Korea Circuit. The same source of information stated before Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S9 that only Exynos Galaxy S9 versions would receive SLP logical card designs.

In addition, the report notes that the Galaxy S10's built-in fingerprint sensors will use a RFPCB (rigid-flexible printed circuit board), the same Daedeok GDS to provide the RFPCB for the sensor.

According to some reports, the Galaxy S10 will be unveiled in early January at CES 2018 at the earliest, or end of February at the MWC 2018. Samsung is expected to launch three versions of the phone, including a cheaper model, the Galaxy S10, and the Galaxy S10 +. All three phones are likely to come in the Exynos and Qualcomm versions.

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