According to a new leak, Qualcomm's next-generation chips, including the rumored Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 in the Samsung Galaxy S25, could see a price increase

There have been numerous indications that Qualcomm may raise the cost of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, but no firm numbers However, information recently released by Digital Chat Station via Android Authority has revealed pricing for the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Dimensity 9400, with the Snapdragon at $190, according to a post on Weibo, Dimensity will be $155

The difficult part with news like this is figuring out how much of an impact it will have on the final retail price of the phones that adopt it For example, we know that the Galaxy S25 series will likely see a price increase, but probably not to the full cost of the new chip This is due to several factors, including demand for the chips and the volume of orders It should also be noted that DCS has stated that this is an estimated price, meaning that it is subject to change in the coming months

Leaked information should always be taken with a grain of salt, but the figures announced are consistent with the 20% to 30% price increase inferred from analyst Ming Chi-Kuo's report The biggest question is how Android developers will be able to incorporate this new cost into their devices, and whether the new chips will be powerful enough to justify the cost increase, especially when compared to the new iPhone 16's A18 series, as speculated

We have seen several leaked performance tests in the past, one of which showed a clock speed of at least 426 GHz Another leak claiming to show the chip's Geekbench 6 score revealed a single-core score of 3,236 and a multi-core score of 10,049 For reference, the iPhone 16 chip has a single-core score of 3,301 and a multi-core score of 8,033 If the leaked results are accurate, we are looking at a very powerful chip

No one wants to hear about a possible price increase, but sadly, a price increase is kind of inevitable The real question will be how much future Android phones will be priced and whether they will remain the best phones even with the price increase