One unique “feature” of Samsung’s Galaxy S-series is that the phones are sold with different system chips depending on the region. Usually, users in the US and China would get the version with Qualcomm’s latest high-end Snapdragon chip, while the rest of the world gets the one with Samsung’s own top Exynos chip. That’s rare because few companies make their own chips and if they do, they just use them for all units of a model.

This year, however, Samsung did things a little differently. The company decided to release the Snapdragon version of the Galaxy S20 series in its home country as ...