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Samsung's Galaxy Z range this year will be fascinating for a number of reasons. The larger, book-style Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 is set to ship in July and is expected to include several hardware enhancements, as well as a larger display and a thinner design. Next, we have the Galaxy Z Flip 7, which is expected to receive fewer design tweaks. According to reports, a Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE variant will be an inexpensive clamshell, similar to the Motorola Razr 50.
SamMobile, citing a trusted source, reports that Samsung's future clamshell foldable would be powered by an Exynos processor. This would be none other than the much-rumored Exynos 2500, which was supposed to debut with the Samsung Galaxy S25 this year but was delayed due to low yield.
Previous reports hinted at this shift, but a recent one also stated that the Exynos 2500 will not get it into the planned Galaxy Z Flip 7 FE variant.
The insider informed the magazine that this will be a 3nm processor with a maximum clock speed of 3.3GHz. The SoC has a 10-core CPU and an Xclipse 950 GPU with 16MB L3 cache. The chipset, built at Samsung's own foundry utilizing the second-generation 3nm node, was reportedly rumored to launch in the second half of 2025. The revelation of a Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 using the same processor is consistent with previous claims, and it is scheduled to be launched in July.
According to SamMobile, only a few markets will receive this new CPU. The Exynos 2500 SoC is expected to reach most Samsung markets, including India and South Korea. Whether or whether it works on par with other chipsets will be determined when the smartphone is released, but the Exynos 2400 (4nm) inside the Galaxy S24 performed admirably in our evaluation, so it might be the ideal match for a foldable phone.
If Samsung launches a Galaxy Z series smartphone using a home-grown Exynos SoC, it will be the first time it has done so, since all of Samsung's foldable phones have previously used Qualcomm chipsets.
