Qualcomm traditionally unveils its new flagship processor, which is also the world’s most powerful Android processor, at the end of the year. To do this, the company is holding the Snapdragon Tech Summit around the same dates. For a long time we wondered if this year the tradition will be observed. It turned out that yes. At least Qualcomm has announced the mentioned event. But she did it somehow very casually and did not even begin to loudly declare it. So far, there are few details, but already now we can reveal some details of the new product and share information about the new processor and smartphones that will receive it.
The new Snapdragon processor will be released very soon.
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When is the new Snapdragon coming out?
The chipmaker has confirmed on its website that the Snapdragon 2021 Tech Summit will take place from November 30 to December 2 . Qualcomm did not reveal any details, but everyone expects to see a Snapdragon 898 (SM8450) processor at the event.
Confirmation of the event.
What will be the Snapdragon 898
A leak earlier this year, courtesy of seasoned informant Evan Blass, has already given us a rough idea of what to expect. In particular, the Snapdragon 898 is believed to offer a 4nm process technology and a Snapdragon X65 modem.
Other obvious details include the Kryo 730 processor based on the Armv9 architecture and the Adreno 730 GPU. As for the former, Qualcomm is expected to adopt the Cortex-X2, Cortex-A710 and Cortex-A510 cores. If this is something like Snapdragon 888, then their number will be accordingly: one, three and four.
Snapdragon 898 should be the next word in mobile technology
If you want something that Qualcomm can surprise us with, besides a new mobile chipset, then we can look forward to something interesting. Here we can talk about the high-performance Snapdragon chipset for notebooks . And that’s pretty real. Although previously there was information that processors from Nuvia will be available no earlier than the second half of 2022.
The first Snapdragon 898 phone
As for the first phone on the new Snapdragon 898 processor, it may not even be Samsung or Xiaomi, as in previous years, but Motorola. Motorola general manager Chen Jin revealed on Weibo that a model called Moto Edge X is coming soon. The CEO also said the device will be “infinitely powerful.”
Of course, this post in itself does not mean that Motorola will soon release a phone with Snapdragon 898. But this is where the veteran of the leaks Digital Chat Station comes to the rescue, claiming that it will be the first device announced with the latest processor.
It is Motorola that may launch the first phone based on the Snapdragon 898.
As is often the case, with a high degree of probability, the phone will be available only in China at first, and you will have to wait a while before it appears outside of China. Therefore, the first model for the international market may turn out to be a completely different phone. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S22 with its additional Plus and Ultra versions.
Let me just remind you that this is not the first time that a new flagship Qualcomm processor will debut as part of a device a few weeks after the announcement. Last year, such a model was the Xiaomi Mi 11 smartphone , released on Snapdragon 888 in China at the end of December 2020. Then the new processor was also presented in early December. So there is a precedent, and it means that this year we can get the same result.
Will the processor crisis affect the release of Snapdragon 898
Now all manufacturers are experiencing difficulties with the production of processors, but Qualcomm has a slightly different kind. Most likely, there will be problems with the first batches of devices, but this does not mean that it will not be possible to buy them. You may just have to wait a little longer or pay a little more.
What are your expectations from the new Snapdragon 898 and which phone would you buy based on it?