Today at its worldwide launch event, Qualcomm introduced two brand new smartphone platforms to the market: The Qualcomm SoC Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 system-on-chip is the successor of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC; however, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 system-on-chip is the successor to the Snapdragon 778G SoC that the firm previously produced.