Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC was unveiled in October 2023 and the Xiaomi 14 series was the first handsets to feature the flagship chipset with a peak clock speed of 3.3GHz. The company’s next-generation chipset, Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is expected to launch in the last quarter of 2024. According to a new leak, Xiaomi will once again be the first smartphone maker to launch a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC-powered handset. The Xiaomi 15 and Xiaomi 15 Pro could be the first devices to use the new chipset.
Tipster Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) on X (formerly Twitter) claims that Xiaomi will be the first brand to unveil phones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 processor. 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 arrive with the next-generation mobile platform, Brar says. The OnePlus 13 and iQoo 13 could be the next two phones to launch with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.
The Xiaomi 14 series was the first to get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip after it was unveiled by Qualcomm last year. The Xiaomi 15 flagships are also expected to launch in China before they hit the global market. Based on the Xiaomi 14 series, we can speculate that these phones could launch soon after the launch of this year’s flagship processor.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 SoC is expected to be designed using TSMC’s 3nm manufacturing process. It could feature a custom Oryon CPU and Qualcomm’s FastConnect 7900 connectivity system. It is also expected to arrive on other flagship devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S25 series and the Asus Zenfone 11.
The Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro were launched in China in October 2023. The Xiaomi 14 is priced at Rs. 69,999 in India for the 12GB + 512GB variant, while the Xiaomi 14 Ultra was launched in the country for Rs. 99,999.
