A teaser poster just dropped the hint, and while the chip's name isn't splashed across it, the usual whisperers on X reckon this is the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 stepping into the spotlight. The teaser said that we would know everything tomorrow.

Unlike the top-shelf Snapdragon 8 Elite, which showcases Qualcomm’s advanced in-house Oryon CPU cores, this Gen 4 version will stick with older ARM designs—hardly peasant-tier, but a step down in exclusivity.

The chip is rumoured to feature a ‘1 + 3 + 2 + 2’ core setup, with a Cortex-X4 leading the charge at 3.21 GHz, followed by three Cortex-A720s at 3.01 GHz, two more at 2.80 GHz, and another pair at 2.02 GHz.

That’s eight performance cores, no low-power ones, and a clear signal that Qualcomm is chasing multi-core speed over battery conservation.

Graphics grunt comes from an Adreno 825, with early AnTuTu scores blasting past the 2 million mark. It's not too shabby for a chip that’s expected to be built on TSMC’s 4nm N4P node—helping it stay calm under pressure and possibly rival last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Don’t call it Elite, though. This isn’t meant to square up to the Oryon-powered monsters. Instead, it's Qualcomm’s way of sliding premium features into more accessible slabs.

Whether they call it Gen 4 or slap an “Elite” on the end, what matters is this silicon could power the next wave of not-quite-flagship flagships.