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First 2nm smartphone chip in history, world-beating ambition, and a battery life that still trails the competition by nearly 28 percent. Samsung's Exynos 2600 has explaining to do.

Tom Bedford / Digital Trends

A YouTube channel ran a battery test on two versions of the Galaxy S26 . Same phone, same tasks, same conditions, but the only difference was the chip inside. The difference? It turned out to be worth nearly three hours of screen time.

Android Addicts conducted a battery test on two Galaxy S26 units side by side: one powered by the Exynos 2600 (available in some Asian markets) and the other by the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (available in the United States).

How bad is it?

The channel performed identical tasks on the phones, including calls, 4K video recording, navigation, streaming, gaming benchmarks, and social media use.…