Samsung is likely to make heavy use of the Snapdragon 865 Plus, rumored to be Qulcomm's next chip.

Ice Universe, a serial tech tipster, tweeted that the Snapdragon 865 Plus is expected in Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 series phones, Samsung's Galaxy Tab S7 tablet, Galaxy Fold 2, and Galaxy Z Flip 5G The company tweeted that it could. In other words, the upcoming Galaxy Note 20 will be more powerful than the Galaxy S20 series and will challenge the upcoming iPhone 12.

According to the latest leaks, the Snapdragon 865 Plus, which is expected to launch in July, is expected to offer improved processor performance and graphics over its sibling Snapdragon 865. Typically, these "Plus" chips tend to be used in the latest flagship smartphones and gaming-oriented handsets like the Lenovo Legion.

Given that the Galaxy Note 20 will be Samsung's next flagship smartphone, it is not surprising that the Ice universe believes it will adopt the Snapdragon 865 Plus chip. However, it is only the U.S.-bound models of Samsung's Galaxy gadgets that tend to use Qualcomm processors, with most European and Asian models using Samsung's own Exynos CPU. Exynos chips are not bad by any means, but they often do not match the performance and efficiency of the flagship Snapdragon chipsets.

However, buyers of the Galaxy Note 20, which will be available in the US in August, will likely benefit from improved performance that not only outperforms the older Galaxy Note 10 Plus, but also the powerful Galaxy S20 Ultra.

The Galaxy Note 20 is expected to feature a 120Hz high refresh rate display and a triple camera array with an enhanced main sensor, so the upgraded chip will make the Note 20 handset Samsung's flagship device, further solidifying it as the ultimate expression of the flagship device.

The Galaxy Note 20 will launch about a month earlier than the iPhone 12, which will be powered by Apple's next-generation A14 Bionic chip, which requires a powerful chipset. This new 5nm processor will follow the very powerful A13 Bionic in the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. In other words, the Galaxy Note 20 will need to bring silicon firepower to battle the iPhone 12 in late 2020.

As for other Galaxy devices, these are all set to be premium gadgets; the Galaxy Fold 2 is set to be the successor to Samsung's first very expensive folding phone, the Galaxy Fold, and thus high-end specifications is expected.

The same goes for the Galaxy Tab S7, which will need a powerful chip to position itself as a competitor to the iPad Pro 2020. Just yesterday we reported on the first leaked benchmarks of the Galaxy Tab S7, which, while an improvement over the Tab S6, fell short of the iPad Pro.

And since the Galaxy Z Flip 5G will feature next-generation connectivity and flagship-grade specs, it's not too surprising that Samsung will be using Qualcomm's latest and greatest 8 series chip.

We expect these Galaxy devices to debut this year.