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lei jun tries his best! xiaomi mi 15 bids farewell to 3,999 yuan completely: snapdragon 8 gen 4 and dimensity 9400 costs revealed

2024-10-03

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kuai technology reported on october 3 that qualcomm will launch a new generation of snapdragon 8gen4 at the end of this month, and xiaomi mi 15 is still the first model.

as for the price of xiaomi mi 15 that everyone is concerned about, in fact, at the xiaomi mi 14 press conference, lei jun already said that this will be the last xiaomi digital flagship mobile phone with a starting price of 3,999 yuan. xiaomi hopes to make better mobile phones, and there will be no follow-up then stick with this price range.

why is the price expensive? lei jun has actually tried his best, because the price of snapdragon 8gen4 has increased compared to the previous generation, and other components have also increased in price to varying degrees.

according to the tipster, the price of mediatek 9400 soc is about us$155, while the price of snapdragon 8 gen 4 processor is about us$190. due to the costs associated with tsmc's 3nm manufacturing process, the upcoming processor will be approximately 20% more expensive than its predecessor.

this price leak is in line with a previous report by ming-chi kuo, which stated that next year's flagship processors could be 20%-30% more expensive than current processors. he even suggested a price tag of $190 to $200.