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Tom Pritchard

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 tipped for a major performance jump — but it could be very bad for your wallet

Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset.

There aren't a lot of phones powered by Qualcomm's newest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, right now, but we're already hearing rumors about what might come next year. Leaker Digital Chat Station (DCS) posted some details about the next Qualcomm flagship, and a little of what we might expect from the chips (yes, chips) that should power the best Android phones of 2027.

DCS refers to the chips by their model numbers, SM8975 and SM8950. Both those numbers are expected to correlate with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. If this leak is accurate, it means this release could mark the first time Qualcomm has adopted TSMC's 2nm process on mobile chips.

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