New Vivo flagship foldables rumoured to be launching in Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 variants

Qualcomm released the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in October, with the Xiaomi 14 and Xiaomi 14 Pro arriving shortly afterwards sporting the new chipset. Since then, Xiaomi has offered up a third Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 device in the Xiaomi 14 Ultra, with the likes of Honor, OnePlus and Samsung also utilising the chipset in their current-generation flagships. However, all their efforts have been focused on conventional candybar smartphones, such as the Magic6 Pro and OnePlus 12.

By contrast, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 remains the chipset of choice when it comes to high-end foldable smartphones, most recently with the Magic V2 RSR Porsche Design. According to Digital Chat Station, Vivo hopes to change this situation soon with the X Fold3 series. While the X100 series relies upon one of MediaTek's latest flagship Dimensity chipsets, the leaker claims that Vivo has returned to Qualcomm for the X Fold3 series. On the one hand, the likely cheaper X Fold3 is expected to feature the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2, the same chipset that powers Vivo's current flagship foldable.

On the other hand, the X Fold3 Pro is rumoured to step up to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which Vivo will complement with 50 MP primary, 50 MP ultra-wide-angle and 64 MP periscope telephoto cameras. By contrast, Digital Chat Station believes that the regular X Fold3 will eschew the latter sensor for a 50 MP camera that provides 2x optical zoom. Currently, the exact release date of both tablets remains unknown for now. Nonetheless, Digital Chat Station expects the Vivo X Fold3 and X Fold3 Pro to debut simultaneously later this month. As always, Vivo will release the pair in China first, as was the case with the X100 and X100 Pro.

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