Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile SoC during its Summit 2024 event in Maui in October this year. Some OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) have already launched flagship phones with the new chipset. Now, rumors about Qualcomm’s next mobile platform are spreading on the internet. The chip maker is said to unveil a new Snapdragon 8s Elite early next year. According to a tipster, Xiaomi will be the first to use the SoC in a phone.
Snapdragon 8s Elite launch timeline revealed
Tipster Smart Pikachu claimed It is reported on Weibo that the Snapdragon 8s Elite will be unveiled in the first quarter of 2025. Qualcomm announced Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 in March this year. Furthermore, he says that Xiaomi will be the first brand to launch a Snapdragon 8s Elite-powered phone. The post does not include the name of the device, but the tipster used the ‘Xiaomi Civi 5’ hashtag in the thread indicating that the alleged handset could run on the new chipset.
Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro was launched in March last year as the first Snapdragon 8s Gen 3-powered phone. Based on this, we can expect Xiaomi to put a new chip in the Civi 5.
The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 is a 4nm octa-core chipset with a prime core (Cortex-X4) clocked at 3.0GHz, four performance cores clocked at 2.8GHz, and three efficiency cores clocked at 2.0GHz. The Snapdragon 8s Elite could be a toned down version of the recently launched Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship SoC.
Xiaomi’s Civi 4 Pro was priced at CNY 2,999 (roughly Rs. 34,600) in China for the base 12GB + 256GB configuration.
Apart from the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, the Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro features a 6.55-inch 1.5K (2,750 x 1,236 pixels) OLED display, Leica-supported triple rear cameras, and a 4,700mAh battery with support for 67W wired fast charging.
