Samsung Galaxy A21s with Exynos 850 SoC shows up in benchmark

Concluding updated: Apr 2nd, 2020 at 14:02 UTC+01:00

The Galaxy A21 continues to elude the market, and withal, Samsung is working on an updated version of the device bearing the Galaxy A21s moniker. We exclusively reported on its development two months ago, and now the device popped upwards online in the Geekbench database.

Equally expected, the Galaxy A21s is identified past model number SM-A217F, whereas the standard Galaxy A21 is being referred to every bit the SM-A215. According to the criterion entry, the Galaxy A21s volition be powered by a mysterious Exynos 850 chipset. It features 8 CPU cores that seemingly operate at a base frequency of 2.0Ghz, but other details remain unknown.

The Exynos 850 should be a upkeep chipset, no doubt

It's unclear if the eight CPU cores will be separate into different clusters of 4×4 or 4x2x2 cores, or if they volition all have identical characteristics. Samsung will hopefully shed more light on this silicon sooner rather than later, but regardless, the Galaxy A21s is undeniably destined to be a budget phone. Don't await any miracles in terms of performance from the and then-chosen Exynos 850. But it will be interesting to see how it performs in its weight class in real-life usage scenarios.

The benchmark as well reveals 3GB of RAM and Android 10, and it's worth reminding that the Galaxy A21s should be equipped with a generous five,000mAh bombardment, as per previous reports. The phone is expected to ship in 32GB and 64GB flavors and should exist bachelor in blackness, bluish, ruddy, and white. We were also able to confirm that it will conduct a 2MP macro camera on the back.