Highlights
- A Qualcomm teaser video was released.
- It sparked speculation about the first phone to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset.
- The Snapdragon 8 Elite will feature Oryon CPU cores
- No official confirmation or launch details yet.
It has been quite a topic of speculation about which smartphone will be the first one to be powered by Qualcomm’s highly anticipated Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. It was previously reported that Xiaomi’s upcoming 15 Series could be the first smartphone in the market to boast the new chipset. However, a recently released Qualcomm teaser video changed the perception in favour of OnePlus. Here’s what has happened.
A teaser video posted on Qualcomm’s official Weibo account has sparked the recent speculation.
The video teaser released to promote the upcoming chipset shows a smartphone with a circular camera island in the top-left corner.
This design of the phone is similar to the classic OnePlus design. Many tech enthusiasts online quickly pointed out that the phone in the video is likely the OnePlus 13.
As of for the chipset features, the video teaser doesn’t give away much about the chipset apart from confirming it will feature Oryon CPU cores.
Meanwhile, the well-known tipster Digital Chat Station confirmed the official name of Qualcomm’s new chipset as Snapdragon 8 Elite. He also clarified that some translations of the Chinese text referred to it as “Extreme Edition” were inaccurate.
There was more confusion about the phone shown in the teaser video. Digital Chat Station suggested that the phone shown in the teaser video is likely a Snapdragon 8 Elite prototype. It was probably a coincidence that the design of the phone seems similar to the upcoming OnePlus 13.
As of now, we don’t have an official confirmation from either OnePlus or Qualcomm about the first smartphone to be released with the chipset
We also don’t have any exact launch details from official sources yet.
In any case, we don’t have to wait for long since the first smartphone featuring the Snapdragon 8 is expected to arrive soon.
FAQs
Q1. Which smartphone is the first to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset?
Answer. It is still not confirmed, however, a teaser video posted on Qualcomm’s official Weibo account has sparked the recent speculation. The design of the phone shown in the teaser video is similar to the classic OnePlus design. Many tech enthusiasts online quickly pointed out that the phone in the video is likely the OnePlus 13.
Q2. What features will the Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset have?
Answer. As for the chipset features, the video teaser doesn’t give away much about the chipset apart from confirming it will feature Oryon CPU cores.
Q3. What is the official name of Qualcomm’s new chipset?
Answer. The well-known tipster Digital Chat Station confirmed the official name of Qualcomm’s new chipset as Snapdragon 8 Elite. He also clarified that some translations of the Chinese text referred to it as “Extreme Edition” were inaccurate.
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