Sony's new flagship smartphone Android phone has finally been confirmed to have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, this was after benchmarks for the said central processing unit (CPU) of the phone have been detected.

This was one of the few confirmed features of the upcoming Sony H8266. Previous information regarding the specifications of the smartphone have been scarce, and so far, only the name of the new device has been confirmed. Now though, a benchmark for the smartphone has been spotted on the website Geekbench, and it has revealed that the chipset used by the H8266 is the Snapdragon 845.

This gave it a benchmark score of 2393, which puts the Sony flagship phone on a par with Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S9+ since both utilize the same chipset. The similarities between the two seem to end there, however, as other confirmed specs set the Sony phone apart from its competition.

This will disappoint some expectant future users though, as the H8266 has been confirmed to only have 4 gigabytes (GB) of random access memory (RAM), while the Galaxy 9+ will be utilizing 6GB. This could mean that the Galaxy s9+ might be a better device when it comes to multitasking, but that does not mean that the H8266 is expected to be incompetent with its multitasking.

Sony H8266 will also be shipping out of the box with the latest Android 8.0 Oreo version, which seems to be the standard now for phones having a 2018 release date. Other than those confirmed specifications, there are also rumors that the new flagship from Sony will be utilizing a dual camera setup, which will be made of two 12-megapixel (MP) cameras, as well as a 3,130 mAh battery. These rumors are best taken with a grain of salt, however, as things might still change during mass production.

Meanwhile, Sony also plans to unveil three other smartphones alongside the H8266 next year, and their codenames are the H8216, H8276, and H8296. So far, there has been no confirmed release date yet for the new flagship phone or its smaller and weaker variants, so potential buyers may have to wait indefinitely for official announcements from Sony.