Don't want to hijack this thread, but have been looking at Snapdragon Elite series ARM coz it's the future, until X86 can really match it. But none have the in-house architecture, like Apple, which gives them the edge. Others will always end up catching up to Apple on terms of performance no matter whatever tags they put.
As stated, disappointed with the step-motherly treatment by snapdragon by releasing only few models. Maybe they themselves not sure how it performs and PR can go only so far. I was looking for some cheaper Elite processors, but there's only one for now. And the cost is just too much. Maybe economies of scale could bring it down, but the time gap will be there.