Ahead of the Mobile World Congress, Qualcomm has announced its latest LTE model for mobile devices — Snapdragon X24, which is the successor of the Snapdragon X20 that was launched last year.

The most important thing about the Snapdragon X24 LTE modem is that it promises to reach top download speeds of up to 2Gbps. In comparison, its predecessor, Snapdragon X20 supports about 1.2 Gbps speed.

According to the company, the Snapdragon X24 is the first Category 20 LTE modem that supports such kinds of speeds. It is also the first 7nm process chip, promising potential power savings. However, it is unlikely to see those speeds in real life because of carrier-side problem.

While many service providers have begun working on gigabit LTE in earnest, the faster network still isn’t completely deployed. However, the improvements in the technology should still lead to faster speeds overall.

Qualcomm‘s Snapdragon X24 supports up to seven carrier aggregation and 4×4 MIMO antenna arrays on up to five aggregated LTE carriers — which allow for maximum of 20 concurrent LTE streams. The company claims that this functionality will allow for X24-equipped devices to connect to the entire range of spectrum bands available to carriers, increasing overall performance beyond what we currently have.

As the Snapdragon X20 modem has been integrated in the Snapdragon 845 chipset announced in December last year, there’s a possibility that this new Snapdragon X24 modem will be integrated in the upcoming mobile chipset from Qualcomm. In the announcement video, it seems that the company is hinting that the modem could be found in the commercial devices in the first half of 2019.

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Qualcomm also announced two new software offerings — an SDK for its IoT LTE modem (MDM9206) and a set of “wireless edge” services for enterprise and industrial use. The software development kit is aimed at making it easier for device manufacturers to design applications for their products.

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Actually, MediaTek had already introduced the world to the MT6595 as early as the MWC conference at the beginning of the year. It is the first 4G octa-core chipset in the world.

MediaTek will hold the actual launch event for their newest chipset on July 15 in Shenzhen.

The MT6595 will be the first to use the ARM Cortex-A17. Regarding performance, the A17 cores are just as good as the A15, but it saves more energy. Its GPU is the IMG PowerVR G6200 and it has a main frequency of 600MHz.

Regarding video performance, it’s a pretty powerful processor. Among other things it supports OpenGL ES2.0/3.0, OpenGL 1.x/3.x/4.x and Direct X 19. It also supports H.265 Ultra HD 4K video record and playback. When playing an HD video, you can zoom in every time you like.

Its use of an LTE Modem is also one of the most important aspects of the MT6595. It supports an internet speed of, at most, 50/150Mbps. If this succeeds, next year, we can see another edition that supports 4G solutions like TD-LTE, FDD-LTE, WCDMA, CDMA, TD-SCDMA, and GSM.

       One of the reasons why MediaTek’s chips have been praised by Chinese manufacturers is its low power consumption. The MT6595 is no exception and its use of MTK’s own CorePilot lets smart phones that use the MT6595 save more energy.

MediaTek will use the MT6595 to enter the mid and high-end market, and in July, we may see if it’s as powerful as everyone says if they release the first cell phone to use it.

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