It’s official: Android’s best flagship chip is coming much earlier than expected
The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 is almost guaranteed to launch at the 2025 Snapdragon Summit.
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- Qualcomm has confirmed that the Snapdragon Summit will take place from September 23-25.
- The company always uses this event to announce its next-generation flagship phone processor.
- So we’re expecting the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2 to be announced at this year’s event.
Qualcomm usually announces its next-generation flagship Android phone processor at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii each year. We’ve previously heard murmurings about an earlier launch, and the company has now made it official.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon gave a keynote address at Computex 2025, and one of the presentation slides confirmed (h/t: Notebook Check) that the Snapdragon Summit would take place on September 23-25. Check out the screenshot below.
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