Shin also refuted the speculation that the lack of LTE support for the Exynos processor had forced Samsung into using the two different chips, like it did last year with the Samsung Galaxy S III. But the octa-core Samsung Exynos 5 now does support LTE service and Shin said that the use of the two processors was a decision made because of supply and demand. The executive said, "We use multiple different sources. It's a sourcing issue."
So while the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 will feature the octa-core Samsung Exynos 5 and the U.S. and U.K. models will host the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, the differences will be too subtle to notice according to Shin.
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