Xiaomi Tipped to Launch First Snapdragon 8 Gen 4-Powered Smartphone Forward of OnePlus, iQoo

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC was unveiled in October 2023 and the Xiaomi 14 collection was the primary handset to characteristic this flagship chipset with a peak clock pace of three.3GHz. The firm’s subsequent era chipset — the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 — is anticipated to be launched within the final quarter of 2024. According to a brand new leak, Xiaomi will as soon as once more be the primary smartphone producer to launch a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC-powered handset. The Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro might be the primary units to make use of the brand new chipset.

Tipster Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) on X (previously Twitter) claims that Xiaomi would be the first model to unveil telephones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. The Chinese smartphone model has “exclusive first launch rights” for the brand new chipset and the Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro would be the first smartphone to reach with the subsequent era cell platform, Brar says. The OnePlus 13 and iQoo 13 might be the subsequent two telephones to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

The Xiaomi 14 lineup was the primary to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip after it was unveiled by Qualcomm final yr. The Xiaomi 15 flagships are additionally anticipated to be launched in China earlier than they’re launched in international markets. Based on the Xiaomi 14 collection, we are able to speculate that these telephones might be launched quickly after this yr’s flagship processor is launched.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC is anticipated to be designed utilizing TSMC’s 3nm fabrication course of. It may characteristic a customized Oryon CPU and Qualcomm’s FastConnect 7900 connectivity system. It can be anticipated to reach on different flagship handsets just like the Samsung Galaxy S25 collection and the Asus Zenfone 11.

Xiaomi’s 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro had been launched in China in October 2023. The Xiaomi 14 is priced at Rs. 69,999 for the 12GB + 512GB variant in India, whereas the Xiaomi 14 Ultra was launched at Rs. 99,999 within the nation.