DigiTimes reports that Samsung’s in-house part is being squeezed by those lingering yield headaches, existing contracts with Qualcomm for its latest Snapdragon kit and a hangover of consumer distrust, which together throttle its wider launch prospects.

The Exynos 2600 is built on Samsung’s fresh 2nm GAA process and should offer decent performance thanks to tricks such as Heat Pass Block. Word on the street suggests the chipset is already being churned out, aided by the performance and area gains this 2nm GAA node brings over Samsung’s 3nm GAA effort.

Samsung is thought to be lining up a January 2026 unveiling for the Exynos 2600. Yet, the yield issues and compulsory volume agreements with Qualcomm will likely confine it to the Korean market. Qualcomm’s management recently told the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street during an earnings call that it expects to hold a 75 per cent baseline share for Samsung’s Galaxy S26 range.

Samsung faces the stubborn perception problem that has long dogged Exynos. The company claims to have solved most of the performance nasties that plagued older generations, and the latest Geekbench 6 numbers show the Exynos 2600 hitting 3,455 in single-core tests and 11,621 in multi-core with its top core clocking in at 3.80GHz.