Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 was announced by Qualcomm on Tuesday during the chipmaker’s annual Snapdragon Summit event. The new chip will power flagship Android smartphones from a range of manufacturers expected to debut in the coming weeks and months – starting with the Xiaomi 14 launching on October 26. OEMs such as Asus, Honor, iQoo, Meizu, Nio, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Realme, Redmi, Red Magic, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE will launch smartphones equipped with the new chip.
The Xiaomi 14 will debut on October 26 as the company’s next flagship smartphone and will be the first device powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Company Chairman William Lu has already confirmed the launch of the device in China, but the company has not announced the launch of the Xiaomi 14 in other markets including India.
On November 7, iQoo has planned a launch event where the company is expected to unveil the iQoo 12 in China – this phone is confirmed to be equipped with Qualcomm’s latest flagship chip. Both Vivo and Realme have also confirmed the arrival of smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC.
Meanwhile, OnePlus and Oppo will also launch phones powered by the new Snapdragon chip. We already know that the former’s next handset will be called the OnePlus 12, but the company is yet to announce a launch date. On the other hand, we can expect the Oppo Find X7 Pro to be the company’s first smartphone with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip under the hood.
Redmi K70 will debut in China as the company’s first smartphone powered by a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC, but there is no official launch date for the device at the time of publishing this article. On the other hand, ZTE has confirmed that upcoming Nubia and Red Magic phones will be equipped with the flagship Snapdragon chipset.
Other smartphone makers that have confirmed that their upcoming flagship phones will feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip – without revealing the names of the handsets – include Honor, Asus, Sony and Motorola. We can expect to see more smartphone makers announce plans to launch handsets powered by the new Snapdragon chip in the coming days and weeks.
