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Philip Michaels

Snapdragon 8 Elite unveiled — here's how Android phones could blow away the iPhone 16

Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile chipset from Qualcomm.

Qualcomm's top-of-the-line mobile chip is getting a new name. But the newly unveiled Snapdragon 8 Elite offers more than just surface changes as it's built on a 3-nanometer process, features a new CPU and promises plenty of neural processing to handle new on-device AI features.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite should power the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S25 series and all of the best Android phones for the coming year.

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