These brands may launch the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 4-powered phones

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC was unveiled in October 2023 and the Xiaomi 14 series was the first handset to feature this flagship chipset with a maximum clock speed of 3.3GHz. The company’s next-generation chipset – Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 – is expected to be released in the last quarter of 2024. According to a new leak, Xiaomi will once again be the first smartphone maker to release a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC-powered handset. , The Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro may be the first devices to use the new chipset.

Tipster Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) on X (formerly Twitter) Claim Xiaomi will be the first brand to introduce a phone powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. Brar says that the Chinese smartphone brand has “exclusive first launch rights” for the new chipset and the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro will be the first smartphones to come with the next-generation mobile platform. OnePlus 13 and iQoo 13 could be the next two phones to launch with Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

The Xiaomi 14 lineup was the first to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip after it was unveiled by Qualcomm last year. The Xiaomi 15 flagship is also expected to be introduced in China before its launch in global markets. Based on the Xiaomi 14 series, we can guess that these phones may be released soon after the launch of this year’s flagship processors.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC is expected to be designed using TSMC’s 3nm manufacturing process. It may have a custom Orion CPU and Qualcomm’s FastConnect 7900 connectivity system. It is also expected to arrive on other flagship handsets like the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and Asus ZenFone 11.

Xiaomi Mi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro were launched in China in October 2023. Xiaomi 14 is priced at Rs. 69,999 for the 12GB + 512GB variant in India, while the Xiaomi 14 Ultra was launched at Rs. 99,999 in the country.