Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Coming Soon to These Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Realme Phones
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was announced by Qualcomm on Tuesday during the chipmaker’s annual Snapdragon Summit event. The new chip will power flagship Android smartphones from several manufacturers that are expected to debut in the coming weeks and months — starting with the Xiaomi 14 that launches on October 26. OEMs including Asus, Honor, iQoo, Meizu, Nio, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Redmi, Red Magic, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE are all set to launch smartphones equipped with the new chip.
The Xiaomi 14 is scheduled to debut on October 26 as the company’s next flagship smartphone and will be the first handset to be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Company president William Lu has already confirmed the launch of the handset in China, but the company is yet to announce the launch of the Xiaomi 14 in other markets, including India.
On November 7, iQoo has scheduled a launch event where the company is expected to unveil the iQoo 12 in China — the phone is confirmed to feature Qualcomm’s latest flagship chip. Both Vivo and Realme have also confirmed the arrival of smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
In an official post on Weibo, Realme confirmed that the upcoming Realme GT 5 Pro will get the latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset. The company also posted a teaser image with the word ‘Pro’, confirming that the Realme GT 5 Pro will be launching soon.
Meanwhile, OnePlus and Oppo are also set to launch phones powered by the new Snapdragon chip. We already know that the former’s next handset will be called the OnePlus 12, but the company has not announced a launch date yet. On the other hand, we can expect the Oppo Find X7 Pro to be the company’s first smartphone to feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip under the hood.
The Redmi K70 will be debuting in China as the company’s first smartphone to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, but there is no official launch date for the handset as of the time of publishing. On the other hand, ZTE has confirmed that upcoming phones from Nubia and Red Magic will come with the flagship Snapdragon chipset.
Other smartphone manufacturers that have confirmed that their upcoming flagship phones will feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip — without revealing the names of the devices — include Honor, Asus, Sony, and Motorola. We can expect to see more smartphone makers announce plans to launch devices powered by the new Snapdragon chip in the coming days and weeks.
