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HUAWEI has access to Snapdragon 778G, Snapdragon 898 chipsets: Tipster

Sudarshan Ravichandran — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 09:54:00 +0000

At the end of July, Huawei announced the HUAWEI P50 series. Unlike its predecessors, the new lineup is not only limited to 4G but also comes with a Qualcomm SoC. Now, as per a reliable tipster, the company will be using more Qualcomm chipsets in the future.

HUAWEI P50

According to Digital Chat Station, Huawei has got access to two other Qualcomm Snapdragon SoCs other than Snapdragon 888. These are Snapdragon 778G and the upcoming SM8450 (aka Snapdragon 898).

Just like the HUAWEI P50 series phones, the handsets using these chipsets will also lack 5G connectivity. That’s because Huawei will be getting a special 4G version due to the US sanctions. Unfortunately, the leaker does not mention which HUAWEI phones will be using these two SoCs.

Going by the Chinese tech giant’s now disrupted smartphone release cycle, the 4G version of Snapdragon 778G might power the rumored HUAWEI nova 9 series. On the other hand, the 4G variant of the unreleased SM8450 could drive the delayed HUAWEI Mate 50 series.

As of now, we don’t have any solid proof for this claim. However, since most of the information shared by Digital Chat Station has been accurate so far, the new details posted by him on Weibo could also be indeed true.

Last but not least, the leaker also says that Huawei might also use MediaTek chipsets, however, the deal is yet to be finalized.

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Lenovo Mobile GM confirms Legion Phone 3 Pro will have a Snapdragon 898 processor

Habeeb Onawole — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 13:43:27 +0000

Lenovo made its entry into the gaming smartphone market with the launch of the Legion Phone Pro/Legion Phone Duel last year. This year, it followed it up with the Legion Phone 2 Pro a.k.a. Legion Phone Duel 2. Now it has revealed details of its successor which will launch as the Legion Phone 3 Pro.

The General Manager of Lenovo China Mobile Division, Chen Jin, took to Weibo earlier today to talk about Qualcomm’s upcoming processor with part number SM8450. Multiple reports have revealed that it will launch as the Snapdragon 898.

The post mentioned that the chipset, which will power the Legion Phone 3 Pro, will bring a new flagship GPU with a significantly upgraded performance. He also claims that the flagship phone will feature industry-leading fine-tuned performance.

Mr. Jin also took the chance to market the Legion Phone 2 Pro. He stated that the Snapdragon 888-powered phone is now discounted and worth buying.

It is also worth noting that it appears Lenovo does not plan on launching another gaming phone this year even though its competitors are planning to or have already launched refreshed models powered by the Snapdragon 888 Plus processor.

The Snapdragon 898 should launch by the end of the year going by Qualcomm’s previous announcements. The chipset should be announced at the annual Qualcomm summit and if all goes well, we may even see the first smartphones powered by the processor get announced before the year ends.

Samsung will be the foundry in charge of producing the 4nm processor. Leaks have revealed it will have a Kryo 760 CPU, an Adreno 730 GPU, Spectra 680 ISP, and a Snapdragon X65 5G modem.

Smartphones with 4nm Qualcomm SM8450 will not debut in H2 2021, says Redmi’s Wang Teng Thomas

Sudarshan Ravichandran — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:13:57 +0000

Last week, popular leaker Evan Blass (@evleaks) tweeted an image containing the specs of an upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile SoC built on a 4nm fabrication process. This chip is said to go official as SM8450, however, its marketing name is a mystery for now. A few days later, we now have information regarding the availability of smartphones featuring this chipset.

TSMC is rumored to manufacture the forthcoming Qualcomm SM8450 4nm chip. The chipset is expected to enter production from Q3 2021.

Despite that, we may not see a smartphone powered by the successor of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 in the second half of 2021. This piece of information comes directly from Wang Teng Thomas. For those unware, this person is the Product Director at Xiaomi’s Redmi brand.

Xiaomi was the first OEM to launch a device (Mi 11) with the Snapdragon 888 SoC. The handset was unveiled at the end of December 2020. But it was widely available starting Q1 2021.

Hence, we could witness a similar situation this year. Anyway, it’s not known which company will bring the Qualcomm SM8450 SoC to the market first. But we should learn about it in the coming months.

This means any high-end Android smartphones releasing in the second half of 2021 like the rumored next-gen Xiaomi Mi MIX, vivo X70 series, and OnePlus 9T will mostly continue to use Snapdragon 888.

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Specs of Qualcomm SM8450, successor of Snapdragon 888 SoC, leaks online

Jeet — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:39:54 +0000

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset is the flagship smartphone processor from the brand and after that, the company has launched several new mid-range and premium chips for mobile phones. Now, we have information about the upcoming flagship SoC.

Well-known leakster Evan Blass has revealed information about the Qualcomm SM8450 chip, which will be launched as the successor of the Snapdragon 888 SoC, powering the next generation of flagship phones.

"SM8450 is Qualcomm's next-gen premium system-on-chip (SoC). It has an integrated Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF system. It is fabricated on a 4nm process." pic.twitter.com/u1GXMhOWBf

— Evan Blass (@evleaks) June 3, 2021

Evan Blass claims that the chipset will be manufactured using the 4nm process. For those who are unaware, the current-generation Snapdragon 888 SoC is manufactured using the 5nm process.

It is said that the processor will come packed with a Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF system. Launched in February this year, the modem promises to bring superior speed and support for up to 10Gbps speeds on both standalone and non-standalone 5G networks.

The chipset will have Kryo 780 CPU built on ARM Cortex v9 technology along with Adreno 730 GPU, Adreno 665 Video Processing Unit (VPU), Adreno 1195 Display Processing Unit (DPU). For image processing, the chipset will come with Spectra 680 ISP.

It will support quad-channel package-on-package LPDDR5 RAM. It will also support up to 1GHz mmWave downlink and 400MHz Sub-6 D along with support for Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 subsystem. It is said to have Qualcomm secure processing unit (SPU260) as well as Qualcomm Aqstic WCD9380/WCD9385 audio codec.