Samsung's not-so-secret plan to beat Apple is about leaving Qualcomm behind

Exynos chips aren't bad, they're just not as good as what Qualcomm can build. For now, at least. The last Samsung flagship phone sold in the Americas that used an Exynos chip was the Galaxy S6. This wasn't that remarkable because it wasn't out of place; Samsung had used its own chips in plenty of Galaxy phones destined for the states and even Google sold the Nexus S with Samsung's Hummingbird tucked inside. But this was before Qualcomm had its beast mode moment with the Snapdragon. Snapdragon ch...