In the media interview after the Wuhan Honor Conference, Honor President George Zhao reaffirmed that we’ll definitely be seeing Honor’s 5G phone by the end of the year. This time however, he names the device as the Honor V30 5G, and on top of that he also hints that the the processor the device will run is launching within the next two days.
This is a pretty clear admission that the Honor V30 5G will come running the Kirin 990, since it’s set to launch at IFA and in China tomorrow. This is pretty big news if it’s true, since it basically confirms that we’re getting a brand new and powerful 5G device in the Honor V30 5G fairly soon, and it’s going to be more affordable than Huawei’s options.
According to previous reports, the Kirin 990 5G will be the world’s first 5G SoC chip based on the 7nm FinFET Plus EUV process. The biggest advantage of this process over the previous generation 7nm process is addition of EUV lithography to further increase transistor density. This helps in enhancing the chip performance per unit area and reducing power consumption overall.
With so many competitors planning to throw their hats into the 5G market, it’s beginning to look like there’ll be some very heated competition. As someone who enjoys watching a competitive market and more options, I’m really excited for the prospects of what’s coming soon. Hopefully this leads to some affordable 5G devices really soon.
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