The 5 was first hit with yield issues, hence the Snapdragons. And hence my remarks as well.
Let us
assume that you are right...and that Samsung "claim" to have shortages of Exynos 5...and thus had to use their competitor's chip.
Who's fault is that? Is it because Samsung rushed GS4 out too soon? Remember, after GS3 introduction last year, Samsung promised us that they won't make the same "mistake" again by increasing production of the next Exynos chip (which is the Exynos 5) to keep up with demand.
Would the media be as kind if Apple had introduced the iP5S two months ago...but half of iP5S will have Qualcomm S600 while the other half has A7. Do you think YOU GUYS would not mock Apple? Do you think Samsung advertisement won't make fun?
(It is also interesting that Apple is the only one that does not make commercials making fun of its competitors. Why isn't anyone praising them for that?)
For a chip manufacturer (and if your claim is correct about supply shortages, which i have my doubts), this is downright embarrassing!! Why repeat the same mistake that you did last year? Samsung designed a chip that is TOO EXPENSIVE and TOO HARD TO MAKE....and the wait for it is not worth it since its performance is NO BETTER than its competitor's 2nd rate chip (S600)...and battery drainage is bad despite BIG.little design! I can't wait till they give us that updated version with 8 cores firing at the same time!
In contrast, Apple is able to keep up with its supply & demand (significantly more than Samsung)...without a single hiccup. Remember how last year's iPhone 5 initially had some supply issue because the case was too hard to make? Within a month of iP5 intro, this supply line issue resolved...and remained so.
And again, for a chip design/manufacturer, why didn't Samsung see the downfall of A15-Cortex design...like everyone else did (Apple, Qualcomm, NVIDIA)???? No, instead, Samsung went all out on a failed design...and they are still at it till this day!
And IF Exynos 5 was working perfectly, then why the different updates and versions...less than 6 months later????? Anandtech found a flaw in it. And now Korean news are reporting heating issues with their newest Exynos 5420 chip. Coincidentally, this is reflected in Galaxy Note 3 worldwide distribution.
Would media (and Android fans) be so kind if they found out that A7 chip had to be modified repeatedly because of technical issues????
Does this bother anyone at how bias the media is? Some of you guys jump all over Apple yet fail to realize that Samsung (Android's proud child) has major failures of its own.
And when it connects, Kies always recognizes my Note 2. 
