TL;DR
- Samsung is reportedly exploring chip options for the Galaxy Z Flip 8, and the newly-announced Exynos 2600 is the leading contender.
- The company’s brand-new Exynos 2600 is the world’s first 2nm smartphone chip, which brings major performance increases compared to the Exynos 2500.
- If Samsung uses the Exynos 2600 for the Galaxy Z Flip 8, it would be the second straight year a Galaxy flip phone used an in-house processor.
Samsung’s next in-house flagship mobile processor, the Exynos 2600, was just officially announced as the world’s first smartphone chip built using the 2nm Gate-All-Around (GAA) manufacturing process. It’s rumored to be powering select Samsung Galaxy S26 models in some global markets, but there may be another upcoming Samsung flagship using the chip. The Samsung Exynos 2600 might also power the Galaxy Z Flip 8, according to a new report.
As reported by The Bell, Samsung could use the Exynos 2600 chip in the Galaxy Z Flip 8, which is set to arrive next summer (via 9to5Google). The report cites unnamed industry sources, and says that Samsung is considering the Exynos 2600 for its next flip phone — nothing has been decided yet.