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Samsung's Galaxy S25 series could be more expensive — when will we say enough is enough?
The Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset doesn't justify a potential price hike.
(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich / Android Central)From the beginning, rumors indicated that Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset was more expensive than its predecessors. Yonhap News(Korean) believes that the higher cost of the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, paired with unfavorable exchange rates, could lead to a price hike in South Korea — and possibly other markets. The experts agree: according to a report from Counterpoint Research, the rising global average sale price (ASP) of smartphones is linked to higher costs for processors and memory.
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