On Sunday, tech blogger Smart Pikachu revealed on China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo that the Xiaomi 15 smartphone will debut with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and is expected to be released around October this year. The Xiaomi 15 series is expected to enter into mass production in September, with testing so far ahead of schedule, another account called Digital Chat Station added. Qualcomm may accelerate its efforts to release the upcoming flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 4, aiming for mass production as early as September, according to US tech media Wccftech. Alongside its powerful hardware, the Xiaomi 15 Pro is reportedly set to feature advanced satellite communication capabilities, following in the footsteps of Huawei’s satellite-enabled devices. [IThome, in Chinese]