The Xiaomi 12 will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset (previously anticipated to be named the Snapdragon 898).
Lei Jun, Founder and CEO of Xiaomi, announced the new smartphone during Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021 event; this smartphone will use the new chipset.
The smartphone will be available soon. Though the CEO hasn’t announced this phone is Xiaomi 12. But, this smartphone will be revealing its new phone in China on December 16.
Previously, Xiaomi has introduced its new phone in China and then rolled them out to more countries later. Xiaomi is the first phone manufacturer that will use Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 in its next flagship phone. Meanwhile, Motorola also confirmed to use the same chipset for its upcoming flagship.
Xiaomi will confirm over the coming days and weeks. Previously, the company confirmed the new flagship wouldn’t use Mi branding name, so the company has just opted to call this device the Xiaomi 12 to streamline the naming structure.