Qualcomm is unveiling the Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 in late September, and its main competitor will undoubtedly be MediaTek’s Dimensity 9500. With that in mind, you may have been wondering when to expect it to be announced.
According to a new rumor from the prolific Chinese leaker who goes by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, MediaTek will one-up Qualcomm by unveiling its next flagship chipset even earlier.
Chinese smartphone makers are expected to then introduce their next-gen flagship devices (the ones that usually come in October to December) quite quickly after the chips take the stage – most could actually become official by the end of September. If true, September is going to be a very, very busy month in the mobile world – let’s not forget Apple’s new iPhones are coming then as well.
So for some Android brands, their current flagship devices will only have been for sale (in China at least) for 9-10 months before their successors get introduced. It remains to be seen how the buyers of those phones will take all of this.
Source (in Chinese)