Qualcomm confirmed to Android Authority on Tuesday, Oct. 20, that chief marketing officer Don McGuire was talking about both the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the higher-end Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 when he rejected reports of thermal problems. The clarification closes a gap in the company's response to a Korean report that the Extreme chip runs too hot in Samsung's Galaxy S27 Ultra testing.

Seoul Economic Daily reported on Oct. 16, citing people familiar with the matter, that internal tests showed the Extreme chip's temperatures repeatedly exceeding threshold levels, with processing speeds falling during sustained heavy workloads. Samsung passed the results to Qualcomm last month and asked for improvements by mid-October, the paper said. If the problem isn't fixed, Samsung could put its own Exynos 2700 in the Ultra, which would be the first Exynos in Samsung's top model since the Galaxy S22 Ultra in 2022. WebProNews covered that report on Oct.…