One other week down, so let’s recap. Google launched Android 15 to builders and Pixels are anticipated to get the replace inside “weeks”. Different makers ought to announce their replace roadmaps shortly.
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. The brand new mid-range platform involves take over from the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 as the corporate seemingly forgot there isn’t any second-gen model of the 4nm chip. The Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 brings improved AI efficiency for duties like exercise monitoring and noise cancellation throughout calls. The chip is absolutely just like the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 with some downgrades within the CPU and Show departments.
The chip alternative of the Galaxy S25 household has been some extent of debate prior to now few weeks. First we heard that it might be an Exynos-only affair, then two separate stories informed us to count on Snapdragon in all places. Now one other rumor, from Samsung’s dwelling of Korea, confirms the Snapdragon win.
The Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25+, and Galaxy S25 Extremely will all allegedly use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 globally. This has apparently been carried out to “maximize the efficiency” of the S25 collection. The Exynos 2500 will as a substitute be used within the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 that will probably be launched within the second half of subsequent yr. That is an attention-grabbing twist, because the foldables have thus far relied on Snapdragon chips.
We noticed the primary render of Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy Z Fold Particular Version. It is noticeably thinner than the continuing Galaxy Z Fold6, has a brushed end on the again, and a barely completely different digicam island. One of many lenses appears like a periscope zoom, and we count on a 200MP primary digicam. Sadly, rumor has it this cellphone will probably be unique to China and South Korea.
IFA kicked off this week. Among the many key bulletins had been the 8-core Snapdragon X Plus, Honor holding the international launch of the Magic V3, MagicPad 2, and Intel-powered MagicBook Artwork 14. Honor additionally unveiled a Snapdragon X Elite-powered variant of the MagicBook Artwork 14.
Lastly, Huawei’s tri-fold Mate XT was pictured within the wild, and in a while the corporate launched a teaser of it.
Becoming a member of it’s a small however further powerful cellphone, the Armor Mini 20T Professional with a 4.7″ show.