Here's the first phone powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 should be launching in October as Qualcomm's new top of the line mobile chipset, and you may be wondering which phones will be the first to rock it.
According to a new leak by a usually reliable source, Xiaomi apparently has an exclusive deal with the chip maker to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 first. Thus, the first two devices to use the new SoC will be the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro.
Xiaomi still has the exclusive first launch rights for Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
— Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) April 23, 2024
Followed by both OnePlus & iQOO
Lineup includes Xiaomi 15 / 15 Pro, OnePlus 13, iQOO 13
They will be followed later on by the OnePlus 13 and the iQOO 13. While the exact order of release may have changed since last year, these are 'the usual suspects' based on history. The OnePlus 12, iQOO 12, Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro were also among the first to sport the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 when they got launched in China.
Global releases for the Xiaomi 15, OnePlus 13, and iQOO 13 may trail the Chinese launch by a few weeks as has become tradition, and keep in mind that the Xiaomi 14 Pro never got a global release, so the same might happen with its successor.
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- Anonymous
- 09 Jan 2025
- nxS
Organized crime running planned obsolescence scam?
- Fiscus
- 06 Aug 2024
- KiW
The need need to keep selling. No sales, no revenue. No revenue, no income. No income, no tax. No tax, government isn't happy.
- Wintermute
- 27 May 2024
- gEX
True. Of course phone manufacturers like it that way, they can sell you same shit slightly improved again and again. Goverments need to get on their asses with that, just like they did with Apple and USB-C.