Qualcomm seems to be haunted by the overheating problems related to its Snapdragon 810 processor. While Sony recently admitted that its flagship smartphones released this year - the Xperia Z3+ as well as the Xperia Z4 model for the Japanese market, are plagued by this problem, now HTC and Xiaomi handsets are also experiencing overheating problems because they are equipped with the Snapdragon 810 chipset.

Quoting a report from China, IB Times says that the HTC J Butterfly smartphone, equipped with a Snapdragon 810 chipset, has apparently been plagued with overheating problems. At the same time, Phone Arena notes that the handset is reported to be affected by poor battery life and a problematical touchscreen. Consequently, all potential buyers ought to keep these issues in mind while purchasing the HTC J Butterfly.

Recently, even HTC's latest flagship device, the HTC One M9, suffered from overheating symptoms problem owing to the Snapdragon 810 chip. Nevertheless, HTC has supposedly fixed the issue by stifling the clock speed of the chipset under specific conditions, with a view to thwart the SoC from striking high temperatures. The larger version of the device, the HTC One M9+, however, avoided the overheating issues related to the Qualcomm chipset by housing a MediaTek chip. Anyway, HTC will not market the One M9+ in the U.S. or Europe.

Even as Xiaomi is preparing to launch its flagship Mi 5 smartphone later this year, recent reports say that the device also seems to have overheating problems owing to the Snapdragon 810 chip. Meanwhile, a recent report in Forbes stated that the Mi5 as well as the Mi5 Plus will be powered by Qualcomm's upcoming Snapdragon 820 chipset. Xiaomi can possibly avoid the overheating problem specific to the tarnished Snapdragon 810 by opting for the new chipset. However, the unavoidable downside of using the new chipset would result in a delay in releasing the Mi 5.

In fact, Xiaomi has already employed thermal controls on the Mi Note Pro smartphone with a view to shield the device from becoming overheated. However, Phone Arena reports that if the patented way to protect against heat had solved the basic problem, Xiaomi would not have gone in for mass production of the new Snapdragon 820.