October is shaping up to be a big month for phone announcements. We already know the vivo X200 flagships will be announced on October 14, and today, we learned that two major players will release their own flagships the following weeks.
A leakster with a solid track record revealed that Xiaomi 15 phones will be introduced on October 20, and the Honor Magic 7 series is set to arrive on October 30.
All these phones launching in October have one thing in common – they are all expected to have Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 or Dimensity 9400 chipsets. Qualcomm and Mediatek will introduce their flagship SoCs in the following days, and phone makers will quickly follow with their announcements.
OEMs in China have an extra incentive to launch their phones in October as they prepare for one of the biggest shopping festivals in the country: Singles’ Day is on November 11.
Aside from the obvious chip update, we expect vivo to bring a new X200 Pro mini to the series, while Xiaomi is expected to put a 200 MP periscope telephoto camera in the 15 Ultra. In November Oppo is gearing up to announce three flagships for the first time in the history of Find X phones – vanilla, Pro, and Ultra.