Ex-Samsung employee turned insider Super Roader alleged that Samsung may be ditching the Exynos 2200 in favor of the Snapdragon 898. Until now, Samsung has shipped its flagship phones with Exynos chips in all markets except the US and some other countries where it uses Snapdragon SoCs. Reportedly, the ongoing chip shortage is making it hard for Samsung to procure enough Exynos chips for the upcoming Galaxy S22 phones.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Say-goodbye-to-Exynos-as-rumors-point-to-Samsung-using-Snapdragon-chips-in-all-Galaxy-S22-models.577916.0.html
What are they doing... A Smorgasbord of silicon offerings.
Unwrap the candy, see what flavor you get. Breaks my heart to find many of them to be either "snot" (MediaTek), or "poop" (UNISOC).
Like that train scene in Harry Potter I, except it's all year long.