Why is my Canadian S21 showing it has the 888

[special_occasion]

So it says everywhere the US gets this with Snapdragon 888, Canada and others get Exynos 2100.

I live in Canada. I bought this from my provider which is the biggest in the country (Bell). So I was totally sure I had the Exynos.

Just now tho I noticed on Bell's site in specs it says it has the 888. So naturally I was like "lol newbs just pasted the first thing they saw."

But then I checked a couple of those hardware apps and they say I have the 888? That makes no sense right? What's a reliable way to check for sure? 

[GG2]

Canada always gets the Snapdragon, you bought your phone from Bell therefore you have the Snapdragon.

[RedDogRabbit]

Last Canadian Flagship with the Exynos chip, was the SM-G930W, which was the last Canadian Galaxy that didn't have a locked bootloader & you could easily Root it.

It was fun! 🤙

[GG2]

Yes, the good old S7

[special_occasion]

I don't mean to be rude but are you sure y'all aren't tripping? Every video I watched and every site I've checked explicitly states that Canada gets Exynos. I have zero knowledge of previous phones could it be a new thing maybe? If somebody could confirm with a source and maybe link that would be great I'm not saying everyone is wrong I just wanna double check yall are saying this based on knowing about it for this specific phone and not just saying it because that's how it always been. Thanks.

[KOTS21]

Download from the playstore CPU-Z I think the exynos is for Europe

[special_occasion]

Z Cpu also says Snapdragon but I tried one app that did say Exynos..Castro is the app

[KOTS21]

I had the s21 ultra and it had the snapdragon I think north America got the snapdragon

[RedDogRabbit]

Yes, Canada & the US have identical hardware & the same Snapdragon chip. 

[RedDogRabbit]

In About Phone > Software Information, if after the model number ie: SM-G998 is immediately followed by the letter "W" that's the Canadian version which definitely has the Snapdragon chip.

The Exynos International variant would have the letter "F" instead.