Qualcomm's earlier reveal of its Snapdragon 835 plans gave away just enough to tease but still left plenty of info in the dark, however, a newly leaked blog post has unearthed what other chip features the firm will showcase at the CES expo inside January.

The report alleges that major new Snapdragon 835 features will focus on the VR and photography capabilities, as well as battery life.

The Snapdragon 835 will be more battery friendly as it's Qualcomm's first 10nm semiconductor chip; it's much smaller than its predecessors, sips less juice (40% less, in fact), and should run cooler and more efficiently as well, but with a 27% uplift in performance speeds at the same time. It also supports the Quick Charge 4 standard, with a five minute charge equating to five hours of juice.

For VR applications, the Snapdragon 835's paired Adreno 540 GPU will deliver 25% faster performance across the board, but the rest of the silicone will also be tuned to reduce motion tracking lag in a bid to make the experience more fluid and realistic. Another noteable VR tweak is the 835's improved positional audio.

The CPU and GPU have also been enhanced with photography buffs in mind; expect faster and smoother performance from both image stabilisation and zoom camera features on Snapdragon 835 based phones. This is also aided by a new image signal processor, which will also improve autofocus speeds and adds suppor for hybrid autofocus and dual photodiodes; essentially all the gear that allows for things like the Galaxy S7's impressive dual-pixel phase detection. HDR and noise reduction should also see improvements, and the chip can more capably merge multiple snapshots for a better quality image; this will be particularly relevant for dual-lens setups, especially those found on the likes of the Huawei P9/Mate 9.

As usual, the new Snapdragon chip also sees enhancements to the built-in connectivity modems for both LTE and Wi-Fi, so expect more rapid and reliable wireless connections.

The first handsets equipped with the Snapdragon 835 are yet to be officially named, but it's said that we'll see them hitting the market in the first half of 2017. At least one variant of Samsung's Galaxy S8 is believed to pack the new Snapdragon hardware, though whether this will arrive in March or April/May depends on which rumours you listen to.