Snapdragon 8 Elite Archives - The Mike's P(a)lace

CES 2026: Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Stuns the Show Floor at $2,900

CES 2026 in Las Vegas opens with Samsung delivering the show’s most jaw-dropping hardware: the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold — a smartphone

01/07/202605/18/2026 Mike

Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge: The Thinnest Flagship at 5.8mm Beats the iPhone Air to Market

Samsung just launched its most audacious smartphone yet: the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge. At just 5.8mm thin and weighing 163g, it is

05/13/202505/15/2026 Mike

Snapdragon X Plus: Qualcomm Brings AI PCs to the Mainstream at Under $1,000

Qualcomm’s push into the PC market accelerates in 2025 with the Snapdragon X Plus hitting a new wave of mid-range and mainstream

04/14/202505/15/2026 Mike

MWC 2025: Xiaomi 15 Ultra Goes Global, 5G-A Deployments, and AI on Everything

MWC 2025 arrives in Barcelona, and the show floor is buzzing with AI-first smartphone announcements and 5G Advanced deployments. Xiaomi uses MWC

02/24/202505/15/2026 Mike

Galaxy S25 Ultra: Snapdragon 8 Elite, Galaxy AI 2.0, and a Slimmer S Pen

Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked 2025 in San Jose delivered the Galaxy S25 series, and the story is one word: Galaxy AI, now running

01/22/202505/15/2026 Mike

CES 2025: NVIDIA’s Blackwell Era, Project DIGITS, and AI Everywhere

CES 2025, held January 7-10 in Las Vegas, belonged to NVIDIA. Jensen Huang delivered a barnstorming keynote that set the tone for

01/10/202505/15/2026 Mike

Snapdragon 8 Elite and On-Device AI: A Deep Dive from the Insider Program

The Snapdragon 8 Elite represented a step-change in on-device AI performance when it launched in late 2024, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Insider content

12/20/202405/15/2026 Mike

Xiaomi 15 Pro: Snapdragon 8 Elite and Leica Summilux Lead the 2025 Charge

Xiaomi is first to market with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, unveiling the Xiaomi 15 and 15 Pro at a launch event in

11/12/202405/26/2026 Mike

US drafting post-war plan for the Middle East, report says 09/05/2026
Axios reported that the plan remains in its early stages but that it could set out US policy towards the Middle East for the remainder of Trump's term.
Two people pulled alive by Nepal's search and rescue team 10 days after devastating flash floods 09/05/2026
Ten days after floods devastated Nepal, one woman and one man were pulled alive on Saturday in separate search and rescue operations. Meanwhile, more than 5,000 people remain missing and at least 1,300 were killed.
Bosnian Serb war criminal Mladić commemorated in Belgrade, but no state honours 09/05/2026
Thousands are expected at Mladić's burial in Belgrade on Monday, which will proceed without serving officials, artillery salutes or ceremonial military presence. Brussels has earlier said any glorification would be "incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built".
US says its forces destroyed three Iranian oil tankers after IRGC targeted navy warships 09/05/2026
“We will not hesitate to defend American forces, and if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet," CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said in a statement.
Three killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon, health ministry says 09/05/2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon "in response to Hezbollah’s attempted attack yesterday against IDF troops operating in the security zone."