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Qualcomm officially released its new generation flagship mobile phone chip Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 this week, and its performance is closely catching up with Apple’s A17 Pro. However, Qualcomm executives confirmed to foreign media “AndroidAuthority” that the cost of Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, which will be launched next year, will increase again, which may cause Android phones are experiencing a wave of price increases.
This year, Qualcomm showed off the Oryon CPU developed by the NUVIA team for the first time and used it in the Snapdragon X Elite notebook chip. Its performance was enough to surpass Intel and Apple M2, which shocked the audience. According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 of next year’s mobile phones will also use Oryon CPU, which can bring better performance, but it will also make Android flagship phones more expensive.
Qualcomm senior vice president Chris Patrick told “AndroidAuthority” that customized CPU cores do not necessarily mean more expensive. The company can achieve different balances between pricing, power consumption and performance. However, Qualcomm does expect the cost of Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 to increase slightly. Because we want to pursue truly amazing performance.
In fact, this year’s flagship mobile phones in Taiwan have increased by about 2,000 yuan. If Qualcomm’s statement is true, it may cause the Android flagship mobile phones expected to be launched at the end of 2024 and 2025 to face higher production costs, which will in turn make consumers The buyer’s purchase price will also increase.
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