It looks like things are going to get even more interesting for 5G in the mobile market. The first half of the year was filled with new 5G flagship smartphone announcements but now, companies are going to focus on two major areas in 5G.
First, releasing an integrated 5G solution for mobile devices and second, getting 5G inside cheaper smartphones. Qualcomm will march ahead in full speed to make this possible as the chipmaker announced today at IFA 2019 that its future mid-range Snapdragon 600 and 700 series chipsets will feature integrated 5G modems.
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This is a big deal for not just Qualcomm but for the entire mobile industry. Qualcomm chipsets power a majority of smartphones in the world today and if an affordable 5G chip is made available to manufacturers, we could see a tremendous boost in the adoption of this new technology. In fact, Qualcomm has revealed that it is already in talks with at least 12 different smartphone vendors like OPPO, Realme, Vivo, Redmi, Motorola, LG, and HMD Global (Nokia). It’s likely that the two upcoming HMD Global 5G phones will have this 700 series chipset inside.
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These chips are already being samples and the first 5G integrated Snapdragon 700 series smartphones should roll out by the end of this year. As for smartphones with Snapdragon 600 series featuring 5G support, we’ll have to wait till the second half of 2020.
This announcement comes just hours after Huawei’s first integrated 5G chip, the Kirin 990 5G, was revealed. It is also worth adding that Samsung is already eyeing the mid-range 5G market with its new Exynos 980 chipset that features an integrated 5G modem. And guess what, Vivo is confirmed to use it.
With different types of 5G solutions coming our way in the coming months, it looks like the true 5G revolution has just begun.
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