Xiaomi 12S/12S Pro first exposure - to be the first Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ smartphone

Qualcomm's latest flagship processor, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 uses Samsung's 4nm manufacturing process. However, it is an open secret that there will be a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus (SM8475) based on TSMC's 4nm process in the second half of this year. Previous reports claim that the Xiaomi MIX Fold 2, Xiaomi 12 Ultra and other Xiaomi devices will use this chip. According to xiaomiui after mining the IMEI database and MIUI code, the so-called Xiaomi 12S and Xiaomi 12S Pro appeared for the first time.

Among them, 2206122SC corresponds to Xiaomi Mi 12S Pro, and 2206123SC corresponds to Xiaomi Mi 12S. Interestingly, the two mobile phones also use ancient beasts as their internal R&D codes, the former corresponds to "unicorns" and the latter corresponds to "editing".

Unfortunately, information about other configurations, shape changes or upgrades is temporarily unavailable. However, from the perspective of manufacturers' habits, this device will likely not have any design changes. Of course, there will be improvements in hardware, cameras and so on.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus to launch in May

A recent exclusive report from Onsitego claims that Qualcomm's next-generation flagship processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus, will be official in early May. This is much earlier than the previous release schedule. According to Onsitego's report, a number of mobile phone brands such as Lenovo, Motorola, OnePlus, and Xiaomi already have samples of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus flagship processor. These brands are already testing the suitability of this flagship processor.

The industry expects these brands to launch many smartphones using this new flagship processor before the end of the year. Recall that the previous Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 uses the Samsung 4nm manufacturing process. Due to the low yield rate of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 using Samsung's 4nm, Qualcomm decided to switch to TSMC. MediaTek Dimensity chips using TSMC's 4nm process are in large-scale distribution.

Like the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus still uses a "1+3+4" three-cluster architecture. This consists of a large-core Cortex X2, a large-core Cortex A710, and a small-core Cortex A510. The CPU frequency is 2.99GHz, and the GPU has a small upgrade.

There is no doubt that the overall performance of AnTuTu of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus will reach a new high. It should be the new most powerful 5G mobile phone chip in the Android camp. At the moment, the highest score of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 on AnTuTu is about 1.1 million. There are speculations that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus may exceed 1.2 million points.