Asus' Zenfone 3 might come with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 chip

We know Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 chip. It's in most new phones, including Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, after being released in February this year. Now Qualcomm appears to have created a variation of the powerful chip, the Snapdragon 821. It reaches a speed of 2.3GHz and will debut in Asus' Zenfone 3, GizmoChina reports. The 821's speed is 150MHz, or 7 percent, faster than the 820.

The modest spec bump fits into Qualcomm's usual process of upgrading its chips in six-month cycles and could be the first in a series of Snapdragon chip upgrades in the coming months. PhoneArena reports that LeEco's newest phones might come with the 823 chip and that the world might get a preview at MWC Shanghai later this month.