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What you need to know • Qualcomm has introduced the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, which will power 2026 flagship smartphones. • The 3nm chip features two prime cores clocked at 4.6GHz and six performance cores that reach up to 3.62GHz. • The improved NPU promises advanced on-device agentic AI with less reliance on the cloud. • The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 enables video recording with the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec.

Qualcomm has introduced the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, built using Oryon cores. The chip is designed for high-performance flagship Android phones, with ag

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