Qualcomm has just announced the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, which sports gains across the CPU, GPU, and NPU and supports the APV codec for higher-quality video capture. This new SoC is expected to be present in top Android flagships throughout the remainder of this year and next, with confirmed manufacturers including ASUS, HONOR, iQOO, nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, POCO, realme, REDMAGIC, Redmi, Samsung, Sony, vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE. If you’re wondering what phones we can expect with the SoC, here are the nine top phones that are coming with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC.
Xiaomi 17 series: 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max
The Xiaomi 17 series will succeed the Xiaomi 15 series (Xiaomi is skipping a generation for its branding). The company already confirmed last month that the Xiaomi 17 series will feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, making them the first phones to launch with the new processor.
The Xiaomi 17 series will comprise the base Xiaomi 17, the Xiaomi 17 Pro, and the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max. The Xiaomi 17 will feature “comprehensive upgrades” without a price increase in its home country.
The Xiaomi 17 Pro is said to be the most powerful compact imaging flagship, while the Xiaomi 17 Pro Max will be the company’s most powerful flagship. Enthusiasts following the lineup will note that there is no “Ultra” branding this year, as it has been renamed to “Pro Max” — Xiaomi isn’t even trying to hide the Apple imitation anymore.
Beyond the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, the big highlight of the Xiaomi 17 series will be the secondary display on the back of the 17 Pro and 17 Pro Max. This isn’t the first Xiaomi phone with the secondary rear display — that would be the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra — so the company already has a fair idea of what to do with it. Users can display different clock faces, show app info, and even use it as a viewfinder for the rear cameras for excellent selfies.
Another key highlight is that some of the phones in the series will include 100W universal fast charging through USB PPS, letting users fast charge them with any compatible third-party charger. This is huge as users will no longer be restricted to Xiaomi’s proprietary chargers for the best charging speeds.
The Xiaomi 17 series will launch in China in a few hours. We expect some phones from the lineup to launch in international markets in the coming months.
iQOO 15
iQOO is vivo’s performance-focused sub-brand that sells in China and other international markets like India. The company hasn’t explicitly confirmed it yet, but it’s widely rumored and presumed that the upcoming iQOO 15 will come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC, as previous iQOO flagships have all featured Qualcomm’s latest SoC at the time.
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