Google's Pixel 10 devices to use a yet-unannounced MediaTek modem
According to a new report, Google is testing its Pixel 10 prototypes with a MediaTek modem, namely the T900. Google's recent Pixels have all had Samsung Exynos modems, since their Tensor SoCs were practically customized Samsung chipsets.
But next year the Tensor G5 will be an entirely Google design, expected to be manufactured by TSMC. And so the company could very well switch to a different modem provider - you may expect it to be Qualcomm, but apparently it will be MediaTek instead.
The MediaTek T900 modem hasn't yet been announced, so we don't really know anything about it. That means it's impossible to venture any guess as to how good it will be or how it would compare to Qualcomm's latest and greatest.
Hopefully Google didn't pick this one only because it was presumably cheaper than Qualcomm's - we are assuming that based on countless rumors regarding flagship chipsets, where MediaTek seems to always undercut its rival in terms of pricing. Time will tell, however.
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- mkz2on7
- 17 Mar 2025
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It's the same N3E that Snapdragon 8 Elite and Dimensity 9400 uses, and the CPU is basically a copycat of what's in the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. It's hard to go wrong with this CPU configuration unless the sched_pixel scheduler do something ...
- mkz2on7
- 17 Mar 2025
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Well, although Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC are manufactured by TSMC now, some of their modems are still manufactured by Samsung, e.g. the X71 thats currently in iPhone 16 series. Part of it being on Samsung 4nm and part of it being on samsung 14nm. The n...
- mkz2on7
- 17 Mar 2025
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Which makes me wonder more if this will change if Google kicks in. Seems like some mediatek people were hired by Google otherwise it couldn't explain the similarities between Tensor G6 and Dimensity 9500's CPU configs.
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