Motorola is likely to introduce the first flagship phone equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Qualcomm is expected to officially unveil the new generation of its chips at the end of this year during the annual Snapdragon conference. One of those processors will be the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, and it remains to be seen which of the company’s business partners will use its next flagship system-on-chip (SoC) in their smartphones sooner than others.

According to popular leaker DigitalChatStation on Weibo, as well as TechDroider’s post on Twitter, details on Motorola’s timeline for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip are now available. In fact, the whistleblower’s post shows that shortly after the official announcement of Qualcomm’s next flagship chip, Motorola will use it to build a high-end phone.

According to the report WccfTechRecently, there are rumors that Xiaomi could introduce the first flagship equipped with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. This action is actually a procedure that the Chinese technology giant is following to try to draw more attention to its products. However, even if Motorola and Xiaomi introduce their 2023 flagships with this new system-on-chip, it is not clear when their products will be available to customers. Certainly, Qualcomm tends to make its shipments of new chips available to its customers as soon as possible, and in the meantime, Samsung is the only company that can move the schedule of introduction and supply of millions of devices due to the high volume of its orders.

Thanks to the recent agreement between Samsung and Qualcomm, all models of the Galaxy S23 series will be launched with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip, and the San Diego-based chipmaker will have no problem gaining an edge in the mobile chip competition. Given the size of Samsung’s global market, it is possible that Qualcomm has secured additional shipments of its next-generation flagship system-on-chip for the Korean tech giant, and so if Motorola and Xiaomi introduce their next flagships earlier than other companies, perhaps the supply These products will take longer to market and only time will tell which brand will win this race.