The Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 CPU is a 64 bit CPU that currently is the next gen of processors and should end up in most high-end phones running Android 5.0 Lollipop in 2015. Even though the Snapdragon 810 clockspeeds have already been revealed and many rumors about flagships like the LG G4 and Galaxy S6 include the chip in their specs sheet, it seems that Qualcomm is having trouble with its new product.
Qualcomm might be having trouble with the Snapdragon 810 overheating beyond limits, causing performance issues. That being said, no company would want their chips to end up in flagships and cause sub-par performance. Even though the LG G4 and Galaxy S6 having the Snapdragon 810 chipset on board is purely rumor at the moment, many of us are actually expecting the new CPU to be on board these new releases.
While the overheating issues with the Snapdragon 810 will surely be fixed pretty easily, Qualcomm encountered troubles with the Adreno GPU coupled with the CPU. According to rumors, the Adreno 430 GPU tied to the Snapdragon 810 CPU is having driver issues. Rumors also say that the RAM controller is also malfunctioning, although we don’t know how exactly.
While we do know that the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 is one of the most anticipated hardware components in the future flagships of 2015, we do think companies like LG and Samsung can replace it with their own CPUs. LG has its own Nuclun line, while Samsung has its Exynos CPUs, so they should be covered. But, yes, there’s a but, both Nuclun and Exynos chipsets have performed poorly compared to Snapdragon CPUs. That means that unless Samsung’s or LG’s newer versions of their chipsets can match the great performance of the Snapdragon 810, their smartphones will end up turning from flagship into flop. The HTC One M9 or Hima or HTC One M9 Prime (whatever) should also feature the Snapdragon 810 CPU according to @upleaks, but HTC doesn’t have anything to replace the CPU with in case Qualcomm doesn’t solve the issues by the time the flagship goes into the manufacturing process. They could always turn to MediaTek or Intel, though.