Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform in October 2024, and many OEMs have already released flagship phones with new chipsets. Details of Timeline launched for Qualcomm’s next generation flagship mobile platform- The alleged Snapdragon 8 Elite 2-online has surfaced. The successor of Snapdragon 8 Elite SOC is expected to arrive at the rumor Xiaomi 16 and Xiaomi 16 Pro, and they are called the first handset to arrive with Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chipset.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 Launch Timeline (Expected)
Tipster Digital Chat Station (Translated from Chinese) Claim On Weibo that Qualcomm will announce Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 in late September. The first set of smartphones characterized by the new chip will be launched in October. This means that the chip could be unveiled a month earlier than its predecessor, which was launched during its summit 2024 program in Mau in October last year.
Most of the recently released major Android flagship phones, including Xiaomi 15 series, Vivo X22 Ultra and OnePlus 13, run on Snapdragon 8 elite mobile platforms. Samsung has also used a customized version of Snapdragon 8 Elite with overclocked CPU and GPU scores in its Galaxy S25 series.
Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 specification (required)
The upcoming Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is expected to provide significant improvements on the current flagship chip. The Android phone operated by this chip will compete with the choice of the upcoming iPhone 17 series of Apple. Xiaomi 16 and Xiaomi 16 Pro are rumored to be the first phone to offer Snapdragon 8 Elite 2.
A recent leak suggested that Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 would have a base frequency of 4.4GHz, slightly higher than the previous model 4.32GHz. It is asked to pack the second generation Oryan CPU core, and they can give 25 percent better performance on the predecessor. The new chip is likely to support LPDDR5X and LPDDR6 RAM.
