Smartphones could get a lot more expensive in 2025, and the fault might be with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. Here's what's going on.

The XiaomiBook S 12.4” is powered by the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, a 7nm chipset from the Snapdragon 865 generation. At the time Qualcomm compared this by saying at at 7W TDP it is faster than a 15W ...