Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 820 a couple of months ago but it won’t be until next week that the company reveals all the juicy details on the processor that’s more than likely going to power most of next year’s flagship smartphones. That might not even be necessary at this point, however, as Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang has been kind enough to leak a significant chunk of the details regarding the 820 online.
Qualcomm had a rough year when it comes to its flagship processor. The Snapdragon 810 came with overheating problems that some Android device makers acknowledged and others denied, and Samsung was one of Qualcomm’s primary clients that decided against using the CPU in its Galaxy S6 flagship handsets. But Qualcomm has a brand new top-of-the-line processor in the works, one that’ll likely power many of the most important iPhone 6s rivals next year. The Snapdragon 820 was announced back in March at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, Spain, but the company didn’t share too many details about it. The processor should be announced again on August 11th in Los Angeles, but a Chinese analyst has already learned what it’ll have to offer, posting about the new mobile CPU on Weibo.