Think the Snapdragon 8 Elite is a beast? It could have been overclocked.

Think the Snapdragon 8 Elite is a beast? It could have been overclocked.

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A Qualcomm representative has claimed that the Snapdragon 8 Elite could’ve offered even faster speeds.
The representative said Qualcomm decided to focus on the user experience instead of even higher benchmarks.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite processor is shaping up to be a massive leap forward for flagship Android phones in theory. Qualcomm’s new smartphone chip has a custom CPU featuring an impressive 4.32GHz clock speed, but the company now says it could’ve offered even more performance.