Redmi's next tablet to be powered by a Snapdragon 8 series chip

Redmi is allegedly working on a new tablet that will be aimed at gamers. Given this fact, it will upgrade its power by using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 series chipset. The exact one isn"t mentioned by the Chinese source of this leak, which makes us (and many commenters over on Weibo) believe it"s going to end up being the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, which is not really a flagship SoC as the naming implies, but more of an upper-midrange offering.

Still, that would compare well to Redmi"s previous tablets, and signifies a slight move upmarket, even if not by a lot. The brand could also go with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 perhaps, it"s unclear. What seems to be the consensus of the Chinese netizens is that the tablet won"t use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or Snapdragon 8 Gen 4.

There are no other details out right now about this new Redmi tablet, and it"s only rumored to arrive early next year, so there"s still plenty of time for it to leak extensively. Stay tuned.

Source (in Chinese)