It’s that time of year again when the smartphone arms race heats up. 🔥📈 Apple, Google, and MediaTek have all introduced powerful new phone chips, and now it's Qualcomm's turn with its Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 platform. Qualcomm's next-gen chip is designed to power many Android phone makers' flagship phones in 2025 and beyond. Brands that have signed up to use it include Asus, Honor, iQOO, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, Poco, Realme, Redmi, RedMagic, Samsung, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE. Not all of these phones will be sold in the United States, but the chip is likely to be in the OnePlus 15, Samsung’s Galaxy S26 series, and the Galaxy Z Fold 8. The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 features the fastest mobile CPU ever, according to Qualcomm’s testing of its third-gen Oryon tech. It’s 20% faster than the chip launched in 2024, and the CPU is 35% more power efficient. The whole Gen 5 SoC is 16% more power efficient. Still on the 3nm process, the Gen 5 features two 4.6GHz prime cores and six 3.62GHz p...