Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 is the most anticipated announcement from Qualcomm these days, especially since some benchmarks have appeared that refer to this SoC, still unpublished. An important clarification, yes, we are not talking about the Snapdragon 7c Gen 2, which we remember saw the light of day in May 2021, which was aimed at the entry-level notebook market, or its iteration. We are talking about an SoC aimed at the middle class of the mobility market (mainly smartphones and tablets), which, like its top, also changed its nomenclature system more than a year ago, leaving behind the classic SD8xx. /SD7xx.

If we talk about Qualcomm SoCs, there is no doubt that the one that tends to generate the most informational interest is always the top of the line, the Snapdragon 8 in its subsequent iterations. As an example of this, despite the fact that there is still a little over half a year left until its introduction, the sum of leaks and rumors has already practically predicted what the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will be like. And this is understandable, of course, because it is the high range that usually arouses the most interest, although later, for various reasons, many of the best-selling models are mid-range.

Although the Snapdragon 8 is the protagonist of almost all photos, The Snapdragon 7 aims to be the big protagonist of the mid-range. Its Gen 1 version was presented in May of last year, a few months before Qualcomm completed the nomenclature change with the introduction of the Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. Thus, about a year has passed since the validity of Gen 1, which was not as present in mid-range terminals as Qualcomm would have liked. Of course, it aims to reverse the trend with the still “secret” Snapdragon 7 Gen 2.

Without revealing anything about its contents, Qualcomm announced the event for next Friday, March 17th, as we can see on his Weibo profile (in Chinese). The official information at this point ends with the date of the event, but from there and based on the context, several theories have emerged, although there are some (one in particular that suggests that this could be an ultra-advanced launch of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3), which does not even deserve to be awarded.

Therefore, the fact that we would find ourselves in front of it has the greatest weight a generational variation of its flagship SoC for the mid-rangethis means that it will be the introduction of Snapdragon 7 Gen 2. This makes sense if we think that Qualcomm intends to bring the same refresh rate to Gen 7 as to Gen 8, although in the latter we also have to add “refresh” that the generation performed every six months.

What prevents us from saying for sure is that we are of course still in the first generation of Gen 7, so we can only speculate as to what its life cycle will be. So that makes sense too the second theory this has also been circulating since the announcement of the event, and that what the company presents to us is a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 1which would mean a major renewal every two years, with a mid-life renewal every 12 months.

If Gen 1 didn’t attract too many manufacturers, It seems a bit risky to repeat the platform, although it is with improvements, with 7+ Gen 1. Qualcomm should make a significant generational leap with Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 to confirm its commitment to this “top of the mid-range” and in this way try to improve the results obtained with its predecessor.