>Samsung is so terrified of Qualcomm's patent library
Samsung has reached a deal with Qualcomm and settled all on-going patent issues in 2018. So I would not be surprised if Exynos comes to US in 2021 or 2022.
But right now nothing has been shown by Samsung to be competitive with Qualcomm's mmWave offering. And interestingly enough US is the only market which has implemented mmWave with one carrier and other two are "looking at it" closely. As far as I know NO other market currently has plans for mmWave. Which means if mmWave is mandatory for US market, you would likely continue to see Qualcomm in Samsung Smartphone.
Samsung has reached a deal with Qualcomm and settled all on-going patent issues in 2018. So I would not be surprised if Exynos comes to US in 2021 or 2022.
But right now nothing has been shown by Samsung to be competitive with Qualcomm's mmWave offering. And interestingly enough US is the only market which has implemented mmWave with one carrier and other two are "looking at it" closely. As far as I know NO other market currently has plans for mmWave. Which means if mmWave is mandatory for US market, you would likely continue to see Qualcomm in Samsung Smartphone.