Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 noticed with outdated chip, 12GB RAM

In a number of months, Samsung will probably unveil its next-generation foldable telephones, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and the Galaxy Z Fold 6. Each upcoming telephones are anticipated to make use of the top-of-the-line Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. Nonetheless, Samsung may need completely different plans, as the corporate is testing the Z Flip 6 with an outdated chip.

Will Galaxy Z Flip 6 use final yr’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip?

Just a few days in the past, the US variant of the Galaxy Z Flip 6 (SM-F741U) was noticed in Geekbench’s database that includes the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (codename Pineapple) processor and 8GB RAM. Now, although, the identical mannequin quantity has been discovered utilizing the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor (codename Kalama) and 12GB RAM.

As you possibly can see within the screenshot above, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 seems to be operating Android 14, as anticipated. It scored 1,794 factors in Geekbench 6’s single-core CPU efficiency check and 4,486 factors within the multi-core CPU efficiency check. It is a bit complicated, as Samsung has virtually all the time used the most recent top-of-the-line Snapdragon chips in its foldable telephones.

It seems that Samsung is testing two Galaxy Z Flip 6 variants, one with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and the opposite with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. If the corporate finally ends up utilizing final yr’s chip, it could be an surprising however logical transfer. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 remains to be a strong processor, can run most Galaxy AI options, and presents nice energy effectivity. Furthermore, 12GB of RAM is an efficient improve, and it could be the primary time a Galaxy Z Flip to have greater than 8GB RAM.

Additionally it is potential that somebody edited the mannequin variety of a Galaxy S23 Extremely to make it seem because the Galaxy Z Flip 6. Issues will solely get clearer nearer to the announcement of the Galaxy Z Flip 6.