Some smartphones featuring the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 have already been launched in China, with many expecting a global release shortly after. A growing list of flagship smartphones are expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, which was officially announced in late September 2025. The chipset is anticipated to power top-tier Android devices throughout late 2025 and 2026, with several phones already confirmed or heavily rumored. Xiaomi 17 series: The Xiaomi 17, Xiaomi 17 Pro, and Xiaomi 17 Pro Max were confirmed as the first phones to use this chip. The Pro and Pro Max models will include a secondary rear display. nubia REDMAGIC 11 Pro series: The gaming-focused nubia REDMAGIC 11 Pro series is set to feature the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. realme GT8 Pro: The realme GT8 Pro launched in China in October 2025 with the new Snapdragon chip and is expected to be released in international markets later. Honor Magic 8 series: The Honor Magic 8 series, which includes t...
The Lollipop, Android 5.1.1 update on Galaxy S6 SM-G920F has been popping up these past few days. This week we saw another update came around in France. This time, it bumps up the build version to G920FXXU2BOG8. The build number is not that much intriguing here, but the new baseband version itself dubbed as G920FXXU2BOGE which is much higher than the build number. Now, the question is, is this a newer build? The answer is definitely yes. But, it has a similarity to the first Lollipop 5.1.1 released G920FXXU2BOFJ as the kernel version itself has remained the same. We knew that Samsung has never released any detailed information to what new changes it carries. Usually, the only thing it says is that it brings some sort of device stability improvements, bug fixes, new enhanced features and further improvements to performance. How's battery life performance? Well, just hope it also brings some power improvements as it was never stated in the initial changelog det...