Xiaomi on Monday announced the global debut of the Civi 4 Pro smartphone featuring a brand new Snapdragon processor and confirmed the phone’s release date as March 21. Qualcomm unveiled the new Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset on the same day, positioning it below its current flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 in capabilities and price. The Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 will additionally support generative AI in budget-friendly smartphones. While the 8s Gen 3 boasts a CPU similar to the standard 8 Gen 3, it differs slightly by operating at a lower frequency and having a slower performance core: the prime core runs at speeds of up to 3.0GHz compared to 3.4GHz on the 8 Gen 3. [Xiaomi Weibo, in Chinese]