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Pretty impressive performance, from both the CPU and surprisingly, the GPU too. The D9300 looks to be very promising. It's a shame that we probably won't see much of it in the West (at least, not in NA).
Mediatek is a Taiwanese company so there should be no restrictions in selling, buying or importing them in NA.
That's true, but Qualcomm basically has a monopoly in NA because of its patents that make it nearly impossible for anyone else to have a modem that works there.
This is the reason why Samsung always uses Snapdragon in NA even when it's Exynos everywhere else.
Exynos chips work in North America and are sold by Samsung in North America. This is an Exynos phone released this year:
https://www.verizon.com/smartphones/samsung-galaxy-a54-5g/
And don't forget the Google Pixel. That's an SoC with an Exynos modem because it mostly is an Exynos SoC.