This year, both Qualcomm and MediaTek are interested in accelerating the progress of a new generation of flagship SoCs, with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400 likely to be announced as soon as September. There are also Apple's A18 series and Huawei's new Kirin products in this time period, and it seems that this time there will be another wave of war.
If there are no accidents, there is a high probability that the Xiaomi 15 series will still debut the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip. According to previous revelations, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will use TSMC's second-generation 3nm process N3E, which is an enhanced version of N3B, with higher yield and improved power consumption.
At the same time, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will also use the self-developed Oryon core, and the core architecture will be upgraded to a "2+6" all-large-core solution, which is expected to greatly upgrade the CPU and GPU performance. In addition, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 also supports Qualcomm's latest AI engine and LPDDR5T.
Suspected Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 scores have already appeared on the GeekBench 6 platform, showing a single-core score of 2845 points and a multi-core score of 10628 points. Compared to the current Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (2200/7200), the improvement in multi-core performance is quite significant.
In other aspects, according to the latest revelations from blogger @Digital Chat Station, the Xiaomi 15 series is still the first to release the 15 basic model and 15 Pro two models, and enter the next internal test stage this month, it is worth paying attention to whether the new periscope and ultrasonic fingerprint can be successfully cleared.
For the current Xiaomi 14 Pro, its telephoto end is a 50-megapixel upright JN1, which is indeed a bit powerless in the face of the big flagships of its competitors. If the iteration of the new 15 Pro can use the periscope telephoto, it can be regarded as making up for an obvious shortcoming.
As for whether the Xiaomi 15 basic model can be on the periscope telephoto, it is difficult to say, after all, for small-sized models, it is not realistic to plug the periscope with a large bottom, and if it is a small bottom, the practicality may not be improved.
There is also ultrasonic fingerprint, which should be Goodix's single-point solution, and the unlocking experience is significantly better than that of short-throw and ultra-thin fingerprints. In addition, the Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro still continue the 1.5K straight screen / 2K curved screen route, and the whole series will have a new generation of silicon material high-density battery cells, and the main camera is still OmniVision's customized 50MP solution.
Overall, the Xiaomi 15 Pro is expected to make up for the regret of the previous generations without a periscope telephoto, and it depends on whether the image can be rolled up by its competitors this time. The 15 basic model is still positioned as a small vertical screen flagship, and after using ultrasonic fingerprints, there are basically no shortcomings.
Of course, the premise is that if there are no competing products, if a new competitor appears in the second half of the year, it will have to be compared. Are you looking forward to the Xiaomi 15 series?