In September, Qualcomm is rumored to be unveiling the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, with the latter being the company's new top dog in the smartphone SoC space until 2027. Now a new rumor from China claims the Xiaomi 18 will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, and not the Pro version of the SoC, since the Elite Gen 6 Pro is apparently going to be too expensive.
Although the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SoC has only been official for a little over a month now, last week we already heard some rumors about its successor, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6. Today even more details have been outed in China. Intriguingly, it now looks like we'll have both the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro on the market next year.