Photo Credit: YouTube/ Computex Taipei  Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite during its Snapdragon Tech Summit in October 2024 Highlights Qualcomm has revealed the dates for its next Snapdragon Summit The chipmaker will hold the event in late September The new chip is likely to support LPDDR5x and LPDDR6 RAM Advertisement Qualcomm announced the schedule for its upcoming Snapdragon Summit during Computex 2025 in Taipei. The annual launch event will take place in late September this year, slightly earlier than Qualcomm's typical launch window. The annual summit is expected to introduce the next-generation chipset, tentatively called the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. For reference, the current Snapdragon 8 Elite was unveiled during last October's Snapdragon Summit. Devices featuring the new Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 are anticipated to arrive in the market by October.Snapdragon Summit Set to Take Place in SeptemberQualcomm President and CEO Cristiano Amon, during his keynote speech at Computex 2025, revealed that the next Snapdragon Summit will take place between September 23 and September 25 this year in Hawaii. That's ahead of schedule compared to previous years—for instance, last year's Snapdragon Summit was held in late October. The Snapdragon Summit has long served as Qualcomm's platform for unveiling its next-generation flagship smartphone SoCs. We can expect the company to follow suit this year with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 announcement.Handsets featuring the new chip could land in October. The new launch timeline of the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 could give smartphone companies ample time to integrate the new chipset into their flagship devices.  The chip is rumoured to offer 25 percent improved performance over the Snapdragon 8 Elite. The Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 is said to use TSMC's advanced 3nm (N3P) process node. It is said to come with second-generation Oryon CPU cores and offer a base frequency of 4.4GHz. It is said to support LPDDR5x and LPDDR6 RAM.Xiaomi 16 and Xiaomi 16 Pro are believed to be the first handsets to arrive with the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 chipset. The OnePlus 15, Realme GT 8,  iQOO 14, Vivo X300 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S26 series could also be among the first smartphones to feature the new Snapdragon chipset. The Xiaomi 15 series was the first to feature Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite SoC last year. For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: Qualcomm, Snapdragon 8 Elite 2, Snapdragon 8 Elite, Snapdragon Summit Nithya P Nair Nithya P Nair is a journalist with more than five years of experience in digital journalism. She specialises in business and technology beats. A foodie at heart, Nithya loves exploring new places (read cuisines) and sneaking in Malayalam movie dialogues to spice up conversations. More Related Stories

Stand aside, Intel and AMD: Qualcomm is once again heading to Computex with big ambitions to reshape the PC market with its own Arm-based chips. CEO Cristiano Amon is scheduled to deliver a keynote at the annual trade show, and we expect plenty of announcements, including new chips and more details about Qualcomm’s strategy around AI PCs. But you’ll need to stay up late if you plan on watching the keynote from the US. The event — which will be live streamed on YouTube from Taipei, Taiwan— is scheduled for Sunday, May 18, at 11 p.m. PT / Monday, May 19 at 2 a.m. ET (video embedded above).It’s been almost a year since Qualcomm began selling Windows Copilot+ laptops built with Snapdragon X processors. So it’ll be interested to hear what the company has learned since then, and how it plans on bolstering its Windows offerings when competition in the PC chip space is intensifying amid rumors Nvidia might expand into the market.Recommended by Our EditorsQualcomm’s PC processors stand out for using Arm architecture, a sharp contrast to the long-dominant x86 processors from Intel and AMD. Although Arm chips can lack software compatibility, the processors can offer impressive performance, including for AI workloads and GPU tasks. Qualcomm has even boasted that its Snapdragon X chips outperform rival processors from Intel, which has caused some bickering. But the company's foray into PCs also highlights growing adoption of Arm chips. Apple famously dumped Intel-based processors to pursue its own Arm-based chips for MacBooks, which have received rave reviews for their high performance and long battery life. On top of all this, reports suggest Nvidia might introduce its own Arm-based chips for Windows PCs at Computex. All of this sets the stage for Qualcomm’s keynote to highlight the escalating rivalry between Arm and x86 in the PC market. Viewers can also expect plenty of talk about generative AI. In a press release, Qualcomm noted that Amon will “share insights on how AI is transforming PC experiences for consumers, enterprises, and in industrial sectors.” This includes demonstrating “how on-device AI is poised to significantly enhance productivity, creativity, and much more.”

Cutting corners: Now that Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy S25 Edge, attention has turned to Apple's upcoming ultra-thin rival handset, the iPhone 17 Air. The device is expected to debut this fall with a thickness almost half that of a normal iPhone. According to rumors, this doesn't mean every element will have compromises, but there will be areas that could disappoint, especially the battery life. Samsung has made a lot of headlines with the release of the Galaxy S25 Edge, which measures just 5.8mm thick, not counting the camera bump. But Apple's iPhone 17 Air – expected to launch this fall – is said to be even thinner at 5.5mm. That level of thinness means the Air won't be able to match the model it's replacing, the iPhone 16 Plus, in every area. However, it will have a 6.6-inch OLED display with LTPO, making it the first non-Pro iPhone to do so. There will also be features such as 120Hz ProMotion and always-on functionality. Elsewhere, the iPhone 17 Air is expected to pack the same A19 chip as the rest of the iPhone 17 lineup. It will also come with 8GB of RAM and MagSafe wireless charging. Finally, the price of the iPhone 17 Air is believed to be under $1,000, possibly around $899. But it was recently reported that Apple is going to increase the prices of its next generation of iPhones, though it will avoid blaming Trump's tariffs for the hikes, so this rumor may prove wrong. That's the good news. The bad news is that the iPhone 17 Air will have a single rear camera: a 48MP sensor with 2x optical zoom. Something else the iPhone Air will only have one of is a speaker. There will be a single, enhanced earpiece speaker as the phone is too thin for a second speaker to be placed at the bottom. // Related Stories Another potential disappointment is the iPhone 17 Air's lack of support for mmWave 5G. The handset will be one of the first iPhones to use Apple's in-house 5G modem, the C1. The iPhone 16 Plus uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon X75 5G modem, which supports mmWave 5G. Then there's what could be the biggest drawback of them all: the battery life. Reports state that between 60% and 70% of users will be able to use the handset for a full day on a single charge, whereas that figure is between 80% and 90% for other iPhones. Apple may use Apple Intelligence to improve the Air's battery life, and Cupertino plans to introduce a new battery case accessory specifically for the iPhone 17 Air.