False alarm: Snapdragon 875 price will likely not be a massive increase over Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm will feel market pressure from the economic downturn as much as anyone. I expect they will very much take this into account on how 875 is priced.
— David “bury me with my golden arm” Ruddock (@RDRv3) June 30, 2020
High Snapdragon 875 price could drive away clients
According to Poco’s general manager Manmohan Chandolu, the Snapdragon 855 was launched at a higher price than its predecessor, and the Snapdragon 865 costs a lot more.
Qualcomm is an established player, with years of expertise, and it will take a long time for mobile vendors to catch up. A higher Snapdragon 875 price will provide more of an incentive to its clients to make their own chips and the chip maker certainly wouldn’t want that.
Samsung has already started selling its Exynos chips to smartphone manufacturers and MediaTek has also been ramping up its 5G efforts. So, even those manufacturers who are not considering making their own chips do have alternatives.
Thus, while the Snapdragon 875 might be a little costlier than the Snapdragon 865, the increase will likely be subtle. Otherwise, Qualcomm would just be shooting itself in the foot.