As early as the MWC 2024 flagship in Barcelona in March this year, Qualcomm executives have announced in advance that the next-generation flagship processor Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be officially released in October this year, and the next generation of flagship new machines will also arrive at the same time. And today, digital blogger Digital Chat Station also revealed the latest progress of the Xiaomi 15 series of mobile phones that are expected to debut with this processor in their interactions with netizens.
According to the source, the Xiaomi 15 series phones have entered the next round of testing, and the key configuration changes are whether the new periscope and ultrasonic fingerprint have successfully cleared customs. Combined with previous leaks, Xiaomi 15 Pro is expected to be upgraded with a periscope telephoto, in order to make up for the lack of periscope telephoto in recent generations of Pro versions.
In terms of screen specifications, the source said that the 1.5K/2K dual-size scheme will be used, with the standard version still expected to be around 6.3 inches, while the Pro version will be in the 6.7 form factor. At the same time, the Xiaomi 15 series will also be equipped with a new generation of silicon material high-density battery cells, and the battery capacity is expected to increase. The main camera is still HowVision's customized super-large bottom 50 million pixel scheme, etc. At the same time, the source also revealed that many netizens have called for a battery capacity of 6000mAh, but weight control is challenging.
At present, due to the early stage of leaking, the appearance design and configuration details of the Xiaomi 15 series mobile phones are still to be revealed. As for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, it is expected to be built on TSMC's 3nm process, using a new generation of Cortex-X5 super cores, and is expected to follow MediaTek's chip practice to increase the number of super cores and large cores to improve performance.
Not surprisingly, the Xiaomi 15 series will be available in October this year.