Who Will Launch The First Snapdragon 895 Smartphone?
Recently, we have begun hearing news concerning the upcoming Qualcomm flagship chip, dubbed the Snapdragon 895. Like its predecessors, this chip is expected to be uncovered at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Technology Summit in December. At present, we only know that the chip will use TSMC’s 4nm process. Thus, it will use more transistors on a smaller area. Anyway, we know that this is going to become the next-gen top-end chip of the company that will power myriads of models next year. But we are more interested in which brand will launch the first smartphone with it.
It s OK that Qualcomm didn t announce a new chip for Windows at Snapdragon Summit
Dec 3, 2020 09:00 EST · Hot! with 40 comments
This year, Qualcomm s Snapdragon Technology Summit was held as a digital-only experience, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. Journalists like myself would rather be in Maui right now, as it s all the more depressing to look at my on this day memories from the last few years.
At this year s event, the firm introduced the Snapdragon 888, the chipset that will be included in next year s flagship Android phones. And that s it. There was no mention of Windows on ARM at all, and it s something that seems to have many bewildered. After all, Apple announced that it was transitioning its whole lineup to ARM earlier this year, and its custom M1 chip just hit the market in the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini.
The first Vivo smartphone running Helio G80 appeared in Geekbench
On the Geekbench platform, a previously unknown Vivo smartphone with the model number V2037 has appeared. Judging by the results of benchmark testing, as well as the listing of brief characteristics, it can be understood that we may have a new mid-budget from the company.
Vivo’s new device page on Geekbench has revealed that the smartphone will be powered by MediaTek’s Helio G80 chipset. The name of the processor had to be guessed, because on the page itself its code number is mentioned – MT6769V. The processor is paired with 4GB of RAM and the firmware is based on the latest Android 11.
This morning, Xiaomi officially announced that Xiaomi Mi 11 will be officially released at 19:30 on December 28th. Subsequently, Lei Jun, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Xiaomi posted on WeChat that the Xiaomi Mi 11 is the beginning of Xiaomi’s “new decade”. According to Lei Jun, the Xiaomi Mi 11 is a different New Year gift from the past. Lei Jun said,
“In 2021, we will continue to work hard on high-end products and bring the most advanced and ultimate smartphone experience to the majority of fans.”
At Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Technology Summit 2020, Xiaomi announced that the Xiaomi Mi 11 will be the world’s first Snapdragon 888 phone. Lei Jun pointed out that this processor has an X1 super core + the strongest GPU ever + the strongest AI ever + the world’s leading 5G communications.