Premium mobile devices with brighter screens, better cameras and faster wireless connectivity powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 820 chip could ship as early as April next year.

High-end devices with the new chip will start contributing to Qualcomm’s revenue in the second half of the company’s financial 2016 year, said Steve Mollenkopf, CEO of the company, during an earnings call late Wednesday.

That means volume shipments of smartphones and tablets with the chip could start in  April, which is when the company’s third financial quarter begins, said Jim McGregor, principal analyst at Tirias Research.

No devices with Snapdragon 820 have yet been announced. Those could come as early as Mobile World Congress in late February, McGregor said.

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