{"id":282201,"date":"2026-06-26T04:54:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T08:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/buying-your-next-phone-could-get-a-whole-lot-more-complicated\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T05:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:00:29","slug":"buying-your-next-phone-could-get-a-whole-lot-more-complicated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/buying-your-next-phone-could-get-a-whole-lot-more-complicated\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying your next phone could get a whole lot more complicated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/next-gen-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-chips-rumor-3681762\/\">Buying your next phone could get a whole lot more complicated<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/next-gen-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-chips-rumor-3681762\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/next-gen-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-chips-rumor-3681762\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-26 04:54:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Robert Triggs \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A leaked Qualcomm roadmap points to a much broader flagship strategy than just the rumored Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Gen 6 Pro.<\/li>\n<li>Two unexpected chips have surfaced: the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro (SM8845 Pro) and the mysterious Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX Edition.<\/li>\n<li>The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro appears to be an upgraded version of the standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 5.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Qualcomm\u2019s next-generation Snapdragon plans may not be as simple as anyone thought. A newly leaked roadmap not only teases the already rumored Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and its Pro variant but also includes a few new chips that would redefine the company\u2019s flagship portfolio for the next couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap, shared by tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo, outlines what is presumably Qualcomm\u2019s premium lineup over future generations. We already heard about the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, but now we have two interesting surprises: a mysterious Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX Edition and a chip called the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Pro.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_gh\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chips roadmap DCS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-chips-roadmap-DCS.jpg 883w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-chips-roadmap-DCS-64w-49h.jpg 64w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-chips-roadmap-DCS-501w-380h.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-chips-roadmap-DCS-675w-512h.jpg 675w\" alt=\"Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 chips roadmap shared by DCS on Weibo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Qualcomm-Snapdragon-8-chips-roadmap-DCS.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The latter is especially interesting, as it carries the designation SM8845 Pro. The SM8845 is the model number of Qualcomm\u2019s standard Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, so this isn\u2019t an entirely new generation, just a higher-tier version of the same platform. Rumors had circulated that a non-Elite Snapdragon 8 Gen 6 was coming, but DCS\u2019 Weibo post suggests Qualcomm might be extending the life of the Gen 5 family with a Pro variant.<\/p>\n<p>That wouldn\u2019t be so out of character. Qualcomm has a history of keeping older flagship silicon around after new chips launch. For example, the original Snapdragon 8 Elite is still expected to be powering some flagship phones even after the next generation of chips comes around.<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap does mention a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5XX Edition, but it\u2019s unclear what will set it apart from the regular Gen 5 lineup. Qualcomm has tinkered with improved versions of existing chips before, but the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/next-gen-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-chips-rumor-3681762\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buying your next phone could get a whole lot more complicated https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/next-gen-qualcomm-snapdragon-8-chips-rumor-3681762\/ Publish Date: 2026-06-26&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":282203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Snapdragon-8-Elite-Gen-5-vs-Tensor-G5-logos.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282205,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282201\/revisions\/282205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}