Snapdragon 8 Gen 2: all smartphones that will use it

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the new top-of-the-range chip from Qualcomm, leader in the production of processors for smartphones and mobile computing solutions, was officially presented to the public in the past few hours.

The development of the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is based on four pillars: AI, camera, connectivity and mobile gaming. From a technical point of view, however, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 was created with ARMv9 architecture and a TSMC manufacturing process.

In addition to marking an increase in performance compared to the predecessor Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 it relies entirely on the potential of Artificial Intelligence and on its applications in the most diverse functionalities of the smartphones on which it will be mounted: natural language management, intelligent noise cancellation and photo and video optimization.

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Which Android smartphones will use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2?

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is ready to be implemented on top of the 2023 smartphones , thus proving its cutting-edge features on every front.

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Xiaomi realme Oppo OnePlus Samsung Motorola Sony Honor Asus Redmi RedMagic

Xiaomi smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Xiaomi 13 Xiaomi 13 Pro Xiaomi 13 Plus Xiaomi 13 Ultra Xiaomi MIX Fold 3 The Chinese giant is already preparing to announce its next family of top-of-the-range products. With a post on Weibo, the company's CEO confirmed that the new Xiaomi flagships will be the first to bring Qualcomm's new chip to the market. Obviously, in addition to the already practically certain Xiaomi 13 and Xiaomi 13 Pro, an Ultra variant for the international market and a new MIX Fold could very well arrive on the market.

Xiaomi 13 will be the first to mount Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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realme smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

realme GT 3 realme GT 3 Pro Realme is also added to the list of brands that will probably use the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 . The Asian company, which has also expanded its operations in the higher end of the market, is building on the success of the excellent realme GT 2 and realme GT 2 Pro and will certainly intend to raise the stakes even further with the realme GT 3 range Pro .

Oppo smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Oppo Find X6 Pro Oppo Find N2 Oppo, Qualcomm's historic partner, is also very likely to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 on its flagships. Oppo has been very cautious up to now and, for the moment, has not specified either the launch date or the devices in question.





All the latest leaks suggest that the chip will only be mounted on the premium version of the new Oppo flagship: the honor will in fact go to the Oppo Find X6 Pro, arriving by Q1, i.e. the first quarter, of 2022. It cannot be excluded that it can be found in edge the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 also on the company's second foldable, the Oppo Find N2.

OnePlus smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

OnePlus 11 Pro OnePlus could not be missing in number of companies that have confirmed the use of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Not much is known about the new top of the range of the Asian brand, ever closer to Oppo in the creation of its smartphones, but according to the leaks it should, as always, have it on board the latest Qualcomm chip.

Samsung smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Samsung Galaxy S23 Samsung Galaxy S23+ Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Samsung's inclusion in this list shouldn't come as a surprise: even if the South Korean company equips its top-of-the-range processors on the European market owners of Exynos, instead exports them to the US market with Snapdragon processors on board.

And, an absolute novelty at the moment corroborated by many rumors, it will be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 to animate all versions of the new Galaxy S23, the whose launch is scheduled for 2023. Also in Europe! The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will support a more cutting-edge photographic sector than ever, which will even reach 200MP in the main sensor of the Galaxy S23 Ultra.





Samsung, leader world in the field of foldable smartphones, could also realistically allocate the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (or its potential "Plus" variant) also to the new Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip models, which will further refine the already consolidated potential of their predecessors.

Motorola smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Motorola Edge 40 Ultra Motorola's latest flagship, which has been under the aegis of Lenovo for a few years, is known on the international market as Motorola Edge 30 Ultra . It is therefore logical to expect another top of the range with Qualcomm's flagship chip on board in 2023.

Other smartphones that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Sony Xperia 1 V Asus Zenfone 10 Asus ROG Phone 7 Honor Magic Vs Honor Magic5 Pro Redmi K60 RedMagic 8 ZTE Axon 50 Ultra IQOO 10 many smartphones that, in the course of 2023, will choose to adopt the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Among the brands that adopt Snapdragon, in addition to the already mentioned examples of smartphones whose launch is already announced or imminent, stand out Sony , which undertakes to equip its top-of-the-range Xperia series with a Snapdragon SoC every year, Asus with its Zenfone and ROG range and finally Honor , which in recent months has been consolidating its presence on international markets with premium range and foldables.

At the mo ment these are all the smartphones already anticipated and those that will most likely arrive in the course of 2023 with the new SoC. We will not fail to update this article as new products are added to the list.

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