It is no secret that 2016 is a key part of business recovery for Qualcomm. Snapdragon 810 isn't a bad chipset, but it caused a lot of bad publicity and its successor has a tough job. Companies that will drive the most volume to Snapdragon 820 sales are Samsung, LG and Xiaomi.

The most controversy rumours about the SoC are overheating issues and exclusivity deals. According to the latest report, none of those are true. The Snapdragon 820 keeps the temperature under control, and Samsung won't have any exclusivity deals like it was rumoured.