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Theres no question that theSnapdragon 8 Elitechipset is the best chip available for Android phones right now.

So were quite excited for what the follow-up chip could have to offer.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite held in hand

But thats not all.

According to Digital Chat Station this could mean a performance increase of up to 30%.

The GPU is also said to support PDDR5X and LPDDR6 memory.

Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile chipset from Qualcomm

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2: What else can we expect?

The2nm chips that TSMC just announcedwould likely offer a much bigger performance boost.

The chipset itself likely wont be revealed until much later in the year.

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But we should see it powering the likes of the OnePlus 14, Samsung Galaxy S26 and others.

AssumingSamsung doesn’t jump back to Exynos chips again, as some rumors claim.

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