Android 12 has now been here for quite a long time and its iteration is also coming soon. While the majority of the eligible smartphones have already received the Android 12 software update, there are still some devices that haven’t got the taste of the latest firmware yet. Xiaomi 12X is one such device, but that changes now, as the Chinese company has now rolled out the Android 12 update Globally for Xiaomi 12X.

Xiaomi 12X debuted back in March alongside the Xiaomi 12 and 12 Pro. Though the two flagships landed with MIUI 13 based on Android 12 out of the box, the affordable Xiaomi 12X wasn’t so lucky and arrived with Android 11. For some reason, the global variant that was launched months after the initial Chinese release also came pre-installed with Android 11. But anyways, the company has finally released the Android 12 update for the Xiaomi 12X

As initially spotted by the folks at Xiaomiui, the build number for the latest Android 12 update is V13.0.1.0.SLDMIXM. The update comes packed in 3.1GB of data so you might want to connect to the Wi-Fi if your carrier deal isn’t data-heavy.

As per the official changelog, the new build comes with all the standard Android 12 features, along with the April 2022 security patch that contains seven security improvements for the Android Framework.

To recall, the smartphone features a 6.28″ OLED display with HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. Powered by the Snapdragon 870 5G processor the smartphone comes with a triple camera setup on the back with a 50MP main camera and 5MP macro lens and 13MP ultra-wide-angle lens. While on the front, it has a single 32MP snapper for selfies. Xiaomi 12X is fueled by a 4500mAh battery and supports 67W fast charging.

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The Vivo sub-brand iQOO is preparing to debut a new mid-ranger in China on May 6. The device, dubbed the iQOO Neo6 SE, has been subject to multiple leaks revealing the majority of its specifications. So here’s what we can expect from the May 6 launch event.

Display & Design

The iQOO Neo6 SE has a flat back design with curved edges. It has a rectangular camera island that houses a triple camera unit along with an LED flash. The power button and volume rocker will be positioned on the right edge and the smartphone will likely omit the 3.5mm headphone jack.

On the front, it features a 6.62-inch AMOLED E4 display panel with a Full HD+ resolution, 120Hz refresh rate, and 1,300 nits peak brightness. The display also offers support for 10-bit colors, HDR10+ and has a touch sampling rate of 1200Hz. It has a center-aligned punch-hole for the selfie camera and thin bezels evenly going around the display.

Specs

Under the hood, the smartphone houses a Snapdragon 870 chipset, which is praised for being the coolest running Snapdragon chip in the entire 800 series. The SoC is expected to be paired with  8GB/12GB of RAM and 128GB/256GB of storage.

The device will run Android 12-based OriginOS Ocean UI out of the box and will have an in-screen fingerprint sensor for security. Coming to the battery pack, the iQOO Neo6 SE is rumored to come with a 4,700mAh battery, which is capable of 80W fast charging. Other than that, the device will also feature an X-axis linear motor for haptics and vibrations.

Camera

For optics, the smartphone is said to house a 64-megapixel primary sensor with optical image stabilization. The primary camera is paired with a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, the smartphone will likely feature a 16-megapixel snapper for selfies and video calls.

Pricing & availability

Ahead of the official launch on May 6, iQOO has made the smartphone available for reservation on JD.com in China. It is not clear when the company plans to debut the iQOO Neo6 SE outside China.

The pricing of the device is still under wraps, however, it is expected to debut at a much lower price tag compared to the iQOO Neo6 which has a starting price of 2799 yuan ($439) for the 8GB + 128GB configuration.

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Just this week and we already have three new powerful processors that will appear inside some of the smartphones launching this year. They are the Snapdragon 870 5G processor from Qualcomm and the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 from MediaTek.

For this edition of Chip Battle, we are pitting the Snapdragon 870 5G against MediaTek’s Dimensity 1200 processor. Both chipsets are expected to be the SoC for phones that fall under the flagship killer category, so it makes sense to see how they compare against each other. The table below shows a spec-by-spec comparison:

Node Size

The Snapdragon 870 5G is a 7nm chipset just like its siblings – the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865 Plus. MediaTek, on the other hand, has switched to the smaller 6nm process.

A smaller node is known to bring an increase in performance and power efficiency, and as you can see the Dimensity 1200 is the chipset with the smaller node size, so it wins this round.

CPU

The two chipsets have eight cores each and they use the same 1+3+4 arrangement but where they differ is in the cores themselves.

The Snapdragon 870 is practically an overclocked Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865 Plus chipset, so you get the same cores but at a higher clock speed. It has a prime Cortex-A77 core that has the highest clock speed of a mobile CPU core at 3.2GHz. Its performance cores are also the same Cortex-A77 clocked at 2.42GHz while the efficiency cores are Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz.

The Dimensity 1200 has the more powerful Cortex-A78 cores as its prime core and performance cores. ARM says that the Cortex-A78 boasts a 20% increase in performance over the Cortex-A77. There are four Cortex-A78 cores inside the Dimensity 1200 which gives it a significant advantage over the Snapdragon 870 which has the older Cortex-A77 cores.

On top of that is the fact thatsave for the prime core, all of the cores of the Dimensity 1200 chipset including the A55 efficiency cores are clocked higher than those of the Snapdragon 870 5G.

At the moment, there are no benchmark results to back up the claim but the Dimensity 1200 should have the upper hand as it has the more powerful CPU cores and also has a smaller node size.

GPU

The Adreno 650 is the GPU inside the Snapdragon 870 5G, the same one inside the Snapdragon 865 duo. Qualcomm didn’t say that it has increased the clock speed for the Snapdragon 870 5G, so we will assume the GPU performance is unchanged from that of the Snapdragon 865 Plus.

The Dimensity 1200 has a Mali-G77 MC9 (9 cores) GPU. This is not ARM’s most powerful GPU, the Mali-G78, which is found inside the Kirin 9000, Exynos 2100, and Exynos 1080 chipsets. MediaTek says that the GPU has gotten a performance increase of 13% compared to that of the Dimensty 1000+.

The Adreno 650 is a powerful GPU and benchmark results have shown that the Snapdragon 865 has a better GPU score than the Dimensity 1000+ which has a Mali-G77 MC9 GPU too. However, since MediaTek claims that the GPU in the Dimensity 1200 boasts a 13% increase in performance over that of the Dimensity 1000+, then the GPU performance gap between the Snapdragon 870 5G and Dimensity 1200 should be smaller or even erased. We will have to wait for benchmark results and real device reviews to know which processor is better.

To know how the standard Mali-G77 MC9 performs, you should check out our review of the iQOO Z1 which has a Dimensity 1000+ processor.

One area where the Adreno 650 has the upper hand is in having support for updateable GPU drivers. MediaTek is yet to offer that feature for its own chipsets.

The Snapdragon 875 also supports QHD+ displays at a refresh rate of 144Hz and 4K displays at a 60Hz refresh rate. The Dimensity 1200 supports QHD+ displays at a maximum refresh rate of 90Hz which goes all the way up to 168Hz for 1080p screens.

EDITOR’S PICK: Qualcomm’s CPUs are about to get even more powerful as it plans to acquire NUVIA

ISP

The Spectra 480 ISP inside the Snapdragon 870 5G is known to be pretty impressive based on reviews and comparisons of phones powered by the Snapdragon 865/865 Plus. It has support for 200MP cameras, 8K video recording, and HEIF video capture.

MediaTek’s Imaqiq Camera HDR-ISP also has few tricks up its sleeve. The five-core ISP brings support for 200MP photos, staggered 4K HDR video recording that boasts a 40% greater dynamic range and real-time 3-exposure fusion. MediaTek also says that it has support for bokeh video, multi-person AI-segmentation, and AI-Panorama Night Shot. Night Shots are also now 20% faster. Unfortunately, there is still no support for 8K video recording

AI

The Hexagon 698 boasts 15 TOPS but MediaTek doesn’t say the value of its own APU 3.0 AI engine. However, AI Benchmark ranks the APU 3.0 AI engine inside the Dimensity 1000+ over the Hexagon 698 inside the Snapdragon 865 Plus processor. Since these are the same AI Engines inside the Dimensity 1200 and Snapdragon 870 respectively, we will give this round to MediaTek.

Connectivity

The Snapdragon X55 has support for mmWave and sub 6GHz spectrums as well as SA and NSA networks. The modem also brings 5G multi-SIM support but according to Qualcomm’s explanation, it doesn’t seem to mean you can use 5G on both SIM slots at the same time.

Qualcomm’s modem also boasts faster downlink and uplink speeds. There is also Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and support for various positioning systems including GPS, NavIC, Beidou, and GLONASS.

The Helio M70 modem inside the Dimensity 1200 supports only sub-6GHz with 5G-CA (carrier aggregation) across TDD/FDD. It also supports true dual 5G SIM (5G SA + 5G SA), has a special Elevator Mode and 5G HSR mode that ensures a reliable 5G experience across networks. As shown in the table, the downlink and uplink speeds are slower than that of the Snapdragon 870.

The Dimensity 1200 also has support for Dual-band for GNSS, GPS, Beidou, Galileo, and QZSS. It also has support for NavIC. There is Wi-Fi 6 but no Wi-Fi 6E and its Bluetooth 5.2 has support for LC3 encoding.

Gaming

Gaming is another important area where these two chipsets show their strengths.

Qualcomm’s chipset has Snapdragon Elite Gaming which brings features such as Game Color Plus v2.0 and Game Smoother. It also has True HDR game rendering, 10-bit color depth, and desktop forward rendering.

MediaTek’s HyperEngine 3.0 Gaming Technology enhances connectivity, responsiveness, image quality, and power efficiency with features like 5G call and data concurrency, multi-touch boost, ultra-low latency true wireless stereo audio, high FPS power saving, and super hotspot power saving. However, the game-changing feature it has is support for Ray Tracing in mobile games and AR.

Conclusion

The Snapdragon 870 5G builds upon the success of the Snapdragon 865 Plus with an even more powerful CPU. Its GPU, though unchanged, will handle any game you throw at it. The Snapdragon X55 modem also offers blazing uplink and downlink speeds and its ISP is one of the best in its class.

The Dimensity 1200 is also a beast with its four Cortex-A78 cores, one of which has the highest clock speed in a processor. MediaTek says it has upped the GPU performance, and it has also added some very useful features to the ISP such as a faster night shot mode. Its modem brings true dual 5G SIM support and its game engine brings ray tracing to mobile games.

We expect any phone powered by either of these two chipsets to offer incredible performance at a much affordable price tag than more premium smartphones. If you want a flagship killer phone that doesn’t put a hole in your pocket, you should look for phones powered by these chipsets.

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Update: Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 870 5G (SM8250-AC) as the latest member of its Snapdragon 800 series of chipsets. Original article updated with more details.

Qualcomm has a new chipset coming and there is a possibility it may even launch today. Thankfully, we do not have to wait, as specs of the processor, which will arrive as the Snapdragon 870 5G (not Snapdragon 875 as previously reported), have already leaked.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 is an overclocked Snapdragon 865 Plus according to the source of the leak, Winfuture.de. This means it is a 7nm and octa-core chipset just like the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865 Plus.

The Snapdragon 870 features the Kryo 585 CPU which has its prime core clocked at 3.2GHz, 100 megaHertz more than that of the Snapdragon 865 Plus’s prime core. The Adreno 650 is the GPU inside but there is no confirmation of it having a higher clock speed. There is a Snapdragon X55 5G modem that brings support for mmWave and sub-6GHz networks.

The Snapdragon 870 5G has Bluetooth 5.2, support for Wi-Fi 6, and Quick Charge 4+.

EDITOR’S PICK: Chip Battle: The Exynos 2100 challenges the Snapdragon 888

If you are wondering why the Snapdragon 870 exists, it has been reported that it is due to manufacturers’ demand for a new chipset for more affordable flagships that cost significantly less than premium phones which have now entered the $1000 mark. So, practically a chipset for flagship killers. We do not know if this (a flagship killer chipset) will be an annual thing or a one-time thing, but we know affordable flagship phones are here to stay.

OnePlus is one of the manufacturers that will launch a phone with the new chipset. There is a possibility that the phone is the OnePlus 9 Lite which was originally reported to have a Snapdragon 865 processor.

Other manufacturers that have signed up for the processor include Motorola (probably Moto Edge S), OPPO, iQOO, and Xiaomi. The first set of devices are expected to arrive this quarter.

UP NEXT: Qualcomm’s CPUs are about to get even more powerful as it plans to acquire NUVIA

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