Qualcomm appears determined to squeeze out Exynos 2700 from the upcoming Galaxy S27 series, and has prepared as many as six Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro variants to render Samsung Mobile spoilt for choice. Samsung LSI, however, is now reportedly equally adamant at not letting Qualcomm eat its lunch and is preparing an apt "response" to this gambit. Samsung's Galaxy S27 series is emerging as an unequivocal winner in the ongoing tussle between Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro variants and Samsung LSI's Exynos 2700 chip As we reported recently, Qualcomm is preparing as many as six variants […]

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The shift to TSMC’s 2nm process will make Qualcomm more competitive against Apple, but the biggest drawback is that the company’s chipsets are going to be astronomically expensive. Looking at the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s price, which was estimated to cost as much as $280 per unit, a new rumor says that the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro will kick it up a notch. At $300+, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro might only be adopted by ‘Ultra’ flagships, as the high price is expected to reduce adoption amid the ongoing RAM shortage Later this year, Qualcomm […]

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In an era of price gouging and intentional sabotage of one's competitors, as Apple appears to be doing right now, Qualcomm is seemingly taking the rare moral high ground by eschewing the vanilla Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip just to push OEMs towards its pricey 'Pro' counterpart. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip appears good enough for most OEMs, muddying the demand outlook for its Pro variant The Weibo-based tipster, Digital Chat Station, has just penned an interesting post, highlighting the minimized disparity between the vanilla Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chip and its Pro counterpart (machine translated): […]

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Qualcomm shifting to TSMC’s 2nm process should deliver a major boost in CPU and GPU performance when the company officially introduces the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 later this year. Unfortunately, a rumor states that this won’t be the case, because despite moving to a new architecture and CPU cluster, the compute performance won’t be extraordinarily higher than the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Thankfully, the GPU upgrades could offset the SoC’s lackluster compute capabilities. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro has a new ‘2 + 3 + 3’ CPU cluster, but it […]

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Qualcomm is rumored to be preparing not one, but two 2nm chipsets, with both SoCs having a myriad of differences between them to help manufacturers decide between using the top-end one for their most premium devices and reserving the standard version for slightly less expensive options. According to the newest rumor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 might share the same CPU cluster, but a tipster highlights a boatload of differences between the two silicones, starting with the GPU. The higher-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro is set to tower over the […]

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The current trajectory for Android flagship chipsets is a volatile path where companies like Qualcomm are focused more on boosting raw performance than paying attention to efficiency metrics. While we can understand the objective of obtaining bragging rights over Apple, these accolades will likely be limited to benchmarks. In short, the real-world experience of smartphones equipped with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro could be heavily compromised as Qualcomm targets higher clocks. Based on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5’s TDP, its successor could reach as high as 30W if things are controlled quickly. Higher clock speeds target and the […]

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