[ THE INVESTOR ] The supply of Samsung Electronics ' upcoming flagship smartphone Galaxy S8 may fail to meet demand due to the sluggish production of Qualcomm chipsets, industry sources said on March 28.











The outlook came as the new top-of-the-line model is expected to become the first smartphone to adopt Qualcomm’s latest system on a chip, the Snapdragon 835. The models that will be sold in South Korea and some other global markets will come with Samsung’s own Exynos 8895 that boasts similar performance.



Industry sources, however, said Samsung will face hurdles in securing sufficient SoCs for its latest Galaxy smartphones, as the production of the Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8895 are falling behind market expectations.



The S8 is expected to feature cutting-edge technologies, including an iris scanner and Samsung's first artificial intelligence assistant Bixby.



By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)