Qualcomm unveiled its long-awaited Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile SoC at its 2024 Summit in Maui on Monday. Shortly after the launch, OnePlus officially announced that the upcoming OnePlus 13 will run on a new mobile platform. The official presentation of the flagship smartphone will take place on October 31 in China. The latest Android processor will be powered by the next set of flagships from other OEMs such as Xiaomi, Honor and iQOO.

Through its official Weibo account and community forum, OnePlus has confirmed that the OnePlus 13 will feature Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Elite processor. The chipset will be paired with up to 24GB of LPDDR5x RAM and up to 1TB of UFS 4.0 storage. OnePlus will hold an event in China on October 23 at 4:00 PM (1:30 PM IST) to reveal more details about its Snapdragon tie-up.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset is built on TSMC’s 3nm process and promises a 44% increase in energy efficiency compared to its predecessor. It is powered by an Oryon processor with a custom octa-core architecture with main cores clocked at 4.32GHz and performance cores peaking at 3.53GHz. The new chipset is promised to deliver up to a 45 percent improvement in CPU performance and a 40 percent increase in GPU performance. It is paired with an Adreno GPU.

Apart from OnePlus, other OEMs including Xiaomi, Realme and iQOO will use the chip for upcoming flagships such as Xiaomi 15, iQOO 13 and Realme GT 7 Pro.

OnePlus 13 specifications

Meanwhile, OnePlus is heavily promoting the OnePlus 13 online. It will arrive in Black Obsidian Secret Realm, Blues Moment, and White Dew Morning Dawn (translated from Chinese). It will ship with ColorOS 15 and offer 50W wireless charging support.

The OnePlus 13 is already scheduled to launch in China on October 31 at 4:00 PM local time (1:30 PM IST). The phone is currently available for pre-order in China via the company’s official store.