I think there's quite a big difference between leaking information between security contexts (Meltdown) and leaking within a security context (Spectre). The later is a problem but it's not a the same magnitude of failure as the former is.

Also, no need for older SoCs. High end ARM chips have both in-order and out-of-order cores but the cheaper ones have in-order ones only. A Snapdragon 450 is pretty modern and doesn't speculate deeply enough to be vulnerable to Spectre.