Tries to make sense of naming mess

Qualcomm is about to wheel out its next flagship mobile platform at the Snapdragon Summit, and it has decided to call it Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Low yields, high hopes, and no Snapdragon 8 Elite 

Samsung’s cost-cutting obsession has apparently reached new heights, as the outfit's mobile division is rumoured to be ditching Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite in favour of its own Exynos 2500 for the upcoming Galaxy Z Flip 7.

Dimensity 9400+ falters under gaming heat

Latest benchmarks have shown that MediaTek’s top chip, Dimensity 9400+, looks strong on paper, but Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite dominates where it counts.

Eight years

Qualcomm and Google are teaming up to extend the life of a smartphone to eight years.

Thinner, lighter, and with Snapdragon 8 Elite and 12GB of RAM

At its Galaxy Unpacked January 2025 event, Samsung unveiled its full Galaxy S25 series lineup, including the Galaxy S25 and the Galaxy S25+ smartphones, which are now thinner, lighter, and will be getting the custom Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC in all markets.

 
Oryon 2 will skip PCs

Qualcomm has provided insights into the third generation of its Oryon CPU cores. It appears that Oryon 2 will skip PCs and be exclusively used in the Snapdragon 8 Elite chips.

Getting a little too hot

The Realme GT 7 Pro reportedly ran too warm during benchmark tests, and the word on the street is that it might be the first Snapdragon 8 Elite chips to blame.

New screen, larger battery, and triple Hasselblad camera system

OnePlus has now officially announced its latest flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 13, equipping it with the flagship Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC, flagship BOE OLED screen, large 6,000mAh battery, and triple-sensor Hasselblad-branded rear camera system.

Claims it will clean rivals' clocks

Qualcomm has introduced its latest mobile platform, the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which it claims will set a new standard in smartphone performance.