As the dust settles after the first wave of 2019 smartphone releases and we’re sliding into the summer lull, many of us start to wonder what next year’s devices will bring us. For better or worse, most smartphones these days rarely surprise us with unexpected features. And if there’s one thing that’s certain about 2020 flagships, it’s that most of them, on the Android side at least, will be powered by Qualcomm’s next top-tier chip -- the Snapdragon 865.

Despite the official announcement being a few months away, there’s already enough information for a preliminary look at the upcoming high-end ...