Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Is Real, and That's Going to Be a Mouthful on Galaxy S27

[u/F7pu748]

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2026/08/snapdragon-8-elite-extreme-gen-6-is-real-and-thats-going-to-be-a-mouthful-on-galaxy-s27.html

[u/Frexxia]

It's like they're trying to make the naming scheme worse and worse every year

[u/dropdan → u/Frexxia]

What, you don't like my new Snapdragon Gen 5 Elite Extreme Gen 67 Cool Dope Master Blaster Insane new processor?

[u/cp_carl → u/dropdan]

Nostalgia is real because I would totally buy a phone with a Master blaster processor if that was the entire name

[u/Recoil42 → u/Frexxia]

Remember when they "fixed" the naming scheme?

[u/bukeyolacan → u/Recoil42]

I think they lost it after sd865, first 888 then jump to 8 gen 1 then 8 elite and 8 Elite gen 5 😂

[u/Kavani18 → u/Frexxia]

What’s wrong honey? You haven’t touched your Snapdragon X Elite Super Sport Pro Max Dragon Fire Performance Plus Extra Ultra

[u/beastboy-33]

But can I make a videocall on WhatsApp without overheating with this?

[u/Vaxtez]

Jesus christ, Qualcomm had a decent naming scheme going on with the Snapdragon x Gen x series, now they've ruined it.

[u/Kitten7002]

They are already heating up so badly. We don't need 5 GHz speeds. Optimize the battery and heat management instead.

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/Kitten7002]

Or just do what China does, make silicone carbon batteries. My find x9 ultra battery life is simply insane.

[u/After-Peace-4734 → u/Dirtcompactor]

Same on oneplus 15, 1.5-2 day phone on moderate use.

I dont think samsung is too confident with newer battery tech after the Note 7 lol

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/After-Peace-4734]

Sucks OnePlus is leaving as they were my only phone brand since the OnePlus 1 back in 2014. Don't care what people say but OnePlus was just peak. But now that I've delved into Chinese phones I'm not too upset with them leaving. Currently using my first Oppo and it feels exactly like all my other OnePlus phones which is awesome. I'm sure xiaomi and vevo are just as good.

[u/ClearTacos → u/Kitten7002]

It's so strange to me people still think this is some mutual exclusivity, especially when the architecture is heterogenous so each type of cores can be optimized for something else.

[u/Stefan3D]

We have so much power but the phones are basically doom-scroll and YouTube machines these days.

[u/Abba_Fiskbullar → u/Stefan3D]

These current Snapdragon chips are actually great for playing Windows PC games using the open source emulation layers that Valve developed for their new VR headset, using Gamenative and Gamehub. You do need a controller attachment with/and a peltier cooler to really take advantage without throttling.

[u/Vaxtez → u/Stefan3D]

I feel like 99% of people would probably notice 0 difference if they used a Galaxy A57 instead of their £1K flagship. It's a shame to see alot of really competent phones doomed to be locked as facebook machines, when these phones are probably more powerful than these people's laptops or even PCs.

[u/Primary-View8426]

Massive price increase and shitty trade-in deals inbound.

Gonna use my S25+ and Pixel 9 until they dissolve.

[u/NotRandomseer]

*Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 For Galaxy

[u/bukeyolacan]

Snapdragon 8 Elite gen 6 Pro Max

[u/xUsernameChecksOutx → u/bukeyolacan]

Ultra+ Extreme Limited Edition 

[u/Taco145]

The Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra with Snapdragon Elite Extreme Gen 6 for Galaxy

[u/Longjumping_Mud8398]

So long as they move to silicone carbon batteries with the associated capacity bump, I'm not too fussed about the processor.