The topic Galaxy Watch 9 is ‘Powered by Snapdragon Wear Elite,’ leaked images confirm [Gallery] is currently the subject of lively discussion — readers and analysts are keeping a close eye on developments.
This is taking place in a dynamic environment: companies’ decisions and competitors’ reactions can quickly change the picture.
As expected, Samsung is switching its new Galaxy Watch 9 over to a Qualcomm chip, the Snapdragon Wear Elite, as some new images confirm.
Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Wear Elite as its latest smartwatch chipset earlier this year, with the 3nm chip promising faster overall performance and a ton of additional power for AI tasks. It was also teased that Samsung would be adopting the chip.
That’s big news, as the Galaxy Watch series has exclusively used Exynos chipsets over the years, which was actually to their benefit during the several-year-run where Qualcomm’s chips were, underwhelming, we’ll say. The only question left was whether Samsung would ditch Exynos altogether.
As for what Samsung might do with the added horsepower, we’ll have to wait and see…
Galaxy Watch 9 drops next week alongside Samsung’s new foldables.