The chipset that will likely power the Samsung Galaxy S22 series in international markets, the Exynos 2200, is in the works, and by all accounts it's set to be Samsung's most impressive chip to date. It'll see the company partner with AMD for the SoC's GPU while also (hopefully) delivering top-notch performance comparable to Qualcomm's latest and greatest, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. A couple weeks back, Samsung teased an announcement scheduled for today, January 11th. After mysteriously not showing up to that event, the company has now confirmed the chipset will be announced with the Galaxy S22 series.

As pointed out by multiple users on Twitter, not only did the announcement for the Exynos 2200 just not happen, but Samsung Semiconductor's official Twitter account also quietly deleted the tweet where it previously announced the event's date — and hasn't offered any details about a possible new one. Normally when delaying or calling off a press conference, somebody in the media at least gets notified about it beforehand, and a new date promptly gets announced. So that part definitely got folks confused.

What could be the reason behind this? Speculation was running wild — given the lack of notice, it may have been something very sudden that came up. One possibility that was raised is that the chip could end up premiering right alongside the S22 during that event, or that global models could come with a Snapdragon chipset, instead. The latter was suggested by leaker South Korean leaker Dohyun Kim (via SamMobile), who said that the Galaxy S22 series might be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor in all markets, with the Exynos 2200 either completely called off or intended to be announced at a later date.

Eventually, the former was actually right. Samsung confirmed to BusinessKorea that the Exynos 2200 will be announced in the same event as the Galaxy S22 series. In a statement, a Samsung spokesperson confirmed that "we are planning to unveil the new application processor at the time of launching a new Samsung smartphone," while further confirming that "there are no problems with the AP’s production and performance.”

So, we guess this was all just a minor setback?