Why I’m choosing non-Elite performance for my next smartphone
Qualcomm has not one but two top-tier chipsets to pick from for 2026 flagship Android handsets. First, we had the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which packs the company’s most powerful CPU, GPU, and AI components into a cutting-edge manufacturing process. It’s the best of the best, but it doesn’t come cheap.
If you don’t want to spend a small fortune on your next flagship, Qualcomm has now announced the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 to tempt you with. It boasts many of the same features and capabilities, but with a performance point that’s just slightly behind last year’s Elite chip. It’s still fast, just not the very fastest.
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