Today, Xiaomi was the first company to launch a phone with the brand new affordable 5G chipset from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 750G. Priced at just 279-Euros, this is incredible value for money. Related: Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G vs Snapdragon 765G & 730G & 690 Compared The chipset inside the Xiaomi should trade blows with its bigger,…
In a new leak from Chinese social media site Weibo, a timeline of chipset launches has been revealed which is apparently based on research conducted by an investment bank. The accuracy of the source is unknown, nor is how the investment back would know such an accurate timeline of two competing companies. The timeline indicates…
Following last years trend, Qualcomm has upgraded their flagship chipset with a Plus variation of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 offering improved frequencies and all the benefits that brings. Technically, the trend started in 2018 when Asus launched the original ROG phone which used a speed binned Snapdragon 845, but then Qualcomm made the new faster…
Each year the cost of flagship phones goes up at a higher rate than inflation. An extreme example would be the OnePlus One launch price of just $299 and the lowest priced OnePlus 8 is $699/£599. With the roll-out of 5G these price increases seem to have accelerated, this year flagship phones have pushed comfortably…
Yesterday I reported that Qualcomm might launch the Qualcomm Snapdragon 775G, I was sceptical as this is normally launched during the Tech Summit in December. Well, it turns out they have launched a new chipset, and it looks very impressive, likely to compete with other low-cost 5G options from MediaTek and Hisilicon/Huawei. The Qualcomm Snapdragon…
The Snapdragon 720G is the latest chipset from Qualcomm sitting below the 5G equipped SD765G and will feature in many of the affordable mid-range phones this year. One such phone is the Redmi Note 9 Pro which launches tomorrow on the 12th, and one YouTuber appears to have benchmarked the new phone in Antutu, and…
It is unlikely you will have ever heard of Unisoc, the company is relatively new since being rebranded from Spreadtrum Communications, Inc and is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Shanghai producing chipsets form mobiles and IoT devices. They predominantly focus on the Chinese market as well as developing markets, the same could have been…
Yesterday Qualcomm finally padded out the rest of its chipset line-up for mobile phones for 2020. We had all the exciting releases in December with the flagship Snapdragon 865 and the new mid-range 5G Snapdragon 765. So the latest announcement is less exciting but equally as important as the new chips will feature on phones…
Today Qualcomm launched three new chipsets with a Snapdragon 460 catering for the entry-level market, while the Snapdragon 720G and Snapdragon 662 will be for mid-range phones The Snapdragon 720G promises to bring many of the Elite Gaming features of the Snapdragon 765G with support for HDR, dynamic colour range and high-quality synchronised sound with…
With all the chipsets for 2020 now announced, it looks like 5G is quickly going to gain traction. Almost all the chipsets from the upper mid-range through to flagship will be 5G only, and companies such as Realme will only launch 5G phones (in China) moving forward. This year we saw a strong focus on…
Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 8cx at last years tech summit, rather than upgrade that chipset, this year they have padded out the portfolio with two new more affordable options with the Snapdragon 8C and the 7C. The Microsoft Surface Pro X features the modified 8cx called the Microsoft SQ1 Processor and this currently costs £1,269.00…
Originally posted back in October with leaked Geekbench results for the Snapdragon 865, we now know the full specification of Qualcomm’s flagship chipset for 2020. This was the last chipset to be announced and we have had the Apple A13 Bionic, Huawei Kirin 990, and the MediaTek Dimensity 1000 in recent months. Specification Most of…
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