McDonough pointed out that pre-rele

McDonough pointed out that pre-release products are built to find bugs. He said, "Pre-released hardware doesn’t act like commercial hardware, it’s just part of the development process." His theory is that someone took the test results and leaked the information to what he calls "less sophisticated news outlets" in order to spread a story. He hints that in order to find out who was responsible for spreading the rumor, you have to ask yourself who benefits from this news. And while the overheating rumors conveniently opened the door for Samsung to use its home grown Exynos 7420 on the entire production run of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge, the marketing executive refuses to play "Clue." He did say that for both the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung used mostly Qualcomm chips.

Qualcomm isn't totally shut out from participation in the success of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge. McDonough points out that there is a "significant modem business for us there." He also reiterated that LG's decision to use the Snapdragon 808 instead of the Snapdragon 810 was made a good 18 months before the phone launched, well before the Snapdragon 810 overheating talk started.