MediaTek has launched three chipsets under its new 5G Dimensity lineup — MediaTek Dimensity 1000, Dimensity 800, and the most recent Dimensity 1000+. Now, the company is all set to launch yet another chipset in the same series.
The company has today confirmed that it will be hosting a launch event on 18th May in China to launch a new 5G chipset. While the name of the chipset getting launched is not revealed, we expect it to be the MediaTek Dimensity 800 Plus.
As per the previous leak, the Dimensity 800 Plus is expected to cove with an overclocked CPU at 2.6GHz instead of 2.0GHz. Apart from this, everything else is expected to be almost the same as the original variant.
The MediaTek Dimensity 800, launched earlier this year, is a 7nm octa-core processor that comprises of four Cortex A76 cores clocking at 2.0GHz and four Cortex A55 cores working at 2.0GHz. For graphics, it is equipped with Mali-G77MC4 and also comes with its own HyperEngine gaming technology for enhanced gaming experience.
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It offers support for Full HD+ screen resolution with up to 90Hz refresh rate. As for the memory, it can support up to 16GB of LPDDR4x RAM. The chipset supports voice and data over 5G and is built for global sub-6GHz 5G networks and promises up to 3.5Gbps download speeds and up to 1.25Gbps upload speeds.
Recently, the company launched Dimensity 1000+ SoC which comes with supports up to 144Hz refresh rate, MiraVision Enhanced HDR10+, and AI-PQ for real-time dynamic adjustment of contrast, color, sharpness and color levels of 4K videos.
It also comes with 5G UltraSave Technology and HyperEnging 2.0 for enhanced gaming performance. The upcoming iQOO Z1 5G, which is set to launch on 19th May, will be the first smartphone to be powered by this premium chipset.
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