For the longest time, Samsung has sold two variants of its flagship smartphones around the world. There's the Snapdragon-equipped variant, sold in the US and Europe, and Exynos-equipped variants sold in countries like India and Samsung's native South Korea.

But this year Samsung made a pretty significant change – the company is reportedly selling Snapdragon 865-equipped Galaxy S20 devices in South Korea instead of Exynos 990-equipped models.

Overall, that's good news for South Korean customers, especially since the Snapdragon chipsets are big steps ahead of their Exynos counterparts. This much is known to almost everyone who follows the smartphone world. And it's not just in terms of performance, Snapdragon-equipped Samsung phones are better in terms of battery life too – something I observed when I reviewed the Galaxy S10+ last year. In fact, there's even a petition going around the internet asking Samsung to stop selling Exynos-equipped flagships.

The decision is a big deal though, as this is the first time Samsung has decided to stick with Snapdragon 865-equipped S20 devices for its home country – a change that has reportedly left the Exynos team at Samsung rather embarrassed and humiliated.