Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Amid Apple and Samsung Product Line Updates - September 2025

Qualcomm has officially announced its next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, slated for an unveiling on September 23, 2025. This new chip succeeds the Snapdragon 8 Elite and aims to set new performance benchmarks. In other mobile news, Samsung’s upcoming One UI 8 update will no longer support the Galaxy S21 series, marking the end of major Android upgrades for the 2021 flagships, though the Galaxy S21 FE will receive the update. Separately, following its iPhone 17 launch, Apple's stock tumbled, losing $112 billion in market value as the company's financial reports now show its services division is outgrowing hardware sales.