Snapdragon 8s Elite leak teases the future of affordable flagships

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Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority

• Qualcomm is said to be working on a new sub-flagship SoC called the Snapdragon 8s Elite.
• The chip is expected to offer flagship-level performance at a lower price point, with the 8s Elite slotting lower than the 8 Gen 3 flagship SoC from last year.
• iQOO and Redmi are rumored to be among the first to launch phones with the Snapdragon 8s Elite.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite powers and will continue to power most of the top Android flagships released this year. While this is the best SoC Qualcomm offers, it is expensive. For users who aren’t constantly looking to push their smartphones, all of this processing power remains underutilized, so there is room for a sub-flagship offering. That’s where the upcoming Snapdragon 8s Elite could come, and specifications of this sub-flagship SoC have now leaked.

Leaker Digital Chat Station has shared the potential specifications of the SM8735 Snapdragon 8s Elite. According to the leaker, the Snapdragon 8s Elite could come with one prime Cortex-X4 core clocked at 3.21GHz, three performance Cortex-A720 cores clocked at 3.01GHz, two efficiency Cortex-A720 cores clocked at 2.80GHz, and two more efficiency cores clocked at 2.02GHz (probably Cortex-A520 or a newer refresh).




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