Qualcomm’s iPhone Killer Chip Is a Performance Monster Built for Supersized Phones
The back-and-forth between the iPhone and Android chips is becoming less of a cat fight and more of a bear pit full of starving ursines. We’ve seen how the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip has enabled a long-lasting and capable device. Now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which will power the next generation of Android flagship phones, is representing the modern epitome of sustained performance gaming potential.
- ▪The back-and-forth between the iPhone and Android chips is becoming less of a cat fight and more of a bear pit full of starving ursines.
- ▪We’ve seen how the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip has enabled a long-lasting and capable device.
- ▪Now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which will power the next generation of Android flagship phones, is representing the modern epitome of sustained performance gaming potential.
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The back-and-forth between the iPhone and Android chips is becoming less of a cat fight and more of a bear pit full of starving ursines. We’ve seen how the iPhone 18 Pro’s A20 Pro chip has enabled a long-lasting and capable device. Now, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, which will power the next generation of Android flagship phones, is representing the modern epitome of sustained performance gaming potential. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 is powerful, yes, but it’s also made for people who think their phones need to be the biggest, most powerful slabs possible. And that means these devices are going to cost a ton of money, and they’re definitely not going to be the kind of small phones you can slip into a pair of skinny jeans.
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