We've been tentatively calling the next chipset Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 but it seems that it will actually come as Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Coming Alongside Snapdragon 8 Gen 5We've been trying to guess the name of Qualcomm's next flagship SoC, and the most obvious guess was Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 or even Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 2. After all, instead of calling it Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 last year, Qualcomm started a new Snapdragon 8 Elite naming scheme. However, apart from the name, the Snapdragon 8 Elite was, in fact, a successor to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Will Be a New Flagship SoC for Cost-Effective FlagshipsThe Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 will be the chipset inside the next batch of flagships, like the OnePlus 15.