Xiaomi 18 won't have Qualcomm's top next-gen chipset

In September, Qualcomm is rumored to be unveiling the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro, with the latter being the company's new top dog in the smartphone SoC space until 2027.

Now a new rumor from China claims the Xiaomi 18 will use the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, and not the Pro version of the SoC, since the Elite Gen 6 Pro is apparently going to be too expensive. That said, the Xiaomi 18 Pro and Xiaomi 18 Pro Max will most likely go with the Pro chipset.

Xiaomi will allegedly unveil its next flagship family in September, right after Qualcomm makes the new chips official, in the latest installment of the two companies' long-running agreement which gives Xiaomi dibs on Qualcomm's newest top of the line chips (even if the exclusivity doesn't really last all that long).

A previous rumor from last month claimed the Xiaomi 18 would sport a periscope telephoto camera, which will very likely be the same 50MP one with f/3.0 aperture that the Xiaomi 17 Pro uses today.

Source (in Chinese)