The fans didn’t expect this! The Xiaomi 15 series will arrive unexpectedly soon – SMARTmania.cz

• Qualcomm will speed up the arrival of the new flagship Snapdragon again this year
• Thanks to this, this chip is expected to be deployed in the first smartphones unexpectedly soon
• The exclusivity should initially be given to Xiaomi, which is said to launch the Xiaomi 15 series already in October

In recent years, Qualcomm has been shortening the intervals between its annual conferences where it presents new flagship processors for smartphones. Previously, it was customary for the Snapdragon Summit to take place in December, two years ago Qualcomm moved it to November, the last year even took place at the end of October. Will we see the reveal of this year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 even earlier?

Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will probably arrive a bit earlier again

Although it may not seem like it, the date of the unveiling of a new flagship mobile chipset is quite a major event. Until recently, Qualcomm followed a well-established scenario – in December it introduced a new Snapdragon and immediately offered it to manufacturers. They then had a few months to prepare their new flagship smartphones for the Mobile World Congress fair, which usually takes place at the turn of February and March of the following year.

In recent years, however, some manufacturers have broken away from the chain and started introducing flagship smartphones with a fresh flagship Snapdragon before the end of the year. These races then apparently prompted Qualcomm to gradually move its Snapdragon Summit to an earlier and earlier date, helping manufacturers to get their new smartphones to market before the Christmas holidays. Apple, which always presents its iPhones in September, unswervingly dominates smartphone sales in the fourth quarter every year.

The first will be Xiaomi

We do not yet know whether Qualcomm is gradually targeting the September date, but it is rumored that this year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will again be introduced a little earlier than its predecessor. This is indicated by a fresh report from a Digital Chat Station whistleblower, who claims that the Xiaomi 15 series of smartphones will be the first to receive this chipset, premiering in mid-October.

This claim corresponds with a recent post by whistleblower Yogesh Brar, according to which Xiaomi is expected to have a short exclusivity on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and will be the first to launch phones with the chip. It will then be followed by OnePlus and iQOO smartphones. The question is whether the aforementioned manufacturers will introduce their new products only in China, or whether they will try to attack the sovereign Apple in the global market before Christmas.