Huawei may be preparing a Kirin 1020 chip, twice as powerful as the Kirin 970

20 June 2018
While the Kirin 980 for the Mate 20 is in mass production, the company is readying a significantly more powerful successor - the Kirin 1020, if rumors are to be believed.

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Zenodroid, 21 Jun 2018Ruins the pictures and the point and shoot gets slower beca... moreThanks Zeno, Is it the same in Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s' AI dual camera or only the Huawei?

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    No. Sorry but they'll need more than a die shrink to catch up. Because you'll see the next SD will still be more powerful, and the next Exynos too. They need to het their hands dirty and get some custom cores designed. Yes Kyro cores are not customized as Krait cores were but it's still enough to run circles around Kirin

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      alnherco, 20 Jun 2018I have p10 and guess what?! It doesn't lag at all, nonethel... moreHe probably doesn't even own a newer-ish Huawei phone. I've had no lags on my Mate 9 too. Sure, EMUI lacks polish and pizzaz, but performance wise it's the only custom Android OS I've used that doesn't need constant restarts and is very responsive.

        Arni90, 20 Jun 2018Really! Why annoying?Ruins the pictures and the point and shoot gets slower because the ai needs to destroy the quality of the pictures first. You can turn master ai off, but the main ai is still active. Pro mode and raw is the only way to get acceptable and great quality.

          Kirn CPU Close so close to Snapdragon But ewery time is down of Qualcomm!
          How it is posible in 2018 missing digital stabilisation in UHD video?

            H-1, 20 Jun 2018Ai currently boosts colors too much. It should have been to... moreoic, thanks h-1

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              Muhamashi18, 20 Jun 2018No lag on my Honor 9, running Oreo on the old Kirin 960. Do... moreWith 2 cores, Apple already secretly decrease your CPU performance, can't imagine 8 of them.

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                Anonymous, 20 Jun 2018Well, if someone takes apple's single-core preformance, and... moreWhat you just said is misleading...Let's be clear: Apple's chips don't get higher performance because they are more performant. They do because their OS is specifically optimised for them, so multiplying the cores and running android is an unlikely scenario which would simply result in an above-average benchmark score.
                Take an Iphone and install Android on it---->run benchmark
                Take android (similar specs on paper) and install iOS on it--->run benchmark
                The android will win every single time.

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                  Arni90, 20 Jun 2018Really! Why annoying?Ai currently boosts colors too much. It should have been toned down by now, but it seems it still hasn't.

                    Zenodroid, 20 Jun 2018Twice as annoying ai as now? Nah, p20 pro was my last new H... moreReally! Why annoying?

                      Twice as annoying ai as now? Nah, p20 pro was my last new Huawei. I'm going back to the p10 plus if I'm going for another Huawei.

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                        Muhamashi18, 20 Jun 2018No lag on my Honor 9, running Oreo on the old Kirin 960. Do... moreSome people link benchmark scores with lag.
                        Honor 6x has no lag after a year of usage.
                        Even y5 with spreadtrum chip had no lag for its class (compared to Samsung equivalents)

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                          • 20 Jun 2018

                          Well, if someone takes apple's single-core preformance, and puts it inside an 8-core chip, it's twice as powerful as the kirin 970

                            Josh, 20 Jun 2018Despite Huawei having heavy emui, their phones doesn't have... moreNo lag on my Honor 9, running Oreo on the old Kirin 960. Don't know what these people are talking about.

                              Kiyasuriin, 20 Jun 2018Awesome! I might return to huawei if they will return the 3... moreI wouldn't count on it. The headphone jack is dying. Better to start wrapping your mind around it and hope usb c audio as well as Bluetooth audio gets better. Frankly the average consumer uses alot of wireless headphones anyway. I take a look in Montego Bay where I work and everyone a s wireless headset on. I'd recommend taking a look at Bluedio. Their T4S is very good and comes with all in one usb c interface.

                                Well done Huawei, twice faster than 970 and 5G, they also are using Super AMOLED screens, really well done, thumbs up!

                                  Anonymous, 20 Jun 2018Exactly.. and all the Huawei phones I have had, had the sam... moreI have p10 and guess what?! It doesn't lag at all, nonetheless is faster each day goes by. I think it's learning

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                                    • 20 Jun 2018

                                    I don't understand, people keep saying that they want new innovation for mobile phones, but when it is chinese company that is trying to innovate, you guys are bashing them (according to the comments on Vivo NEX and oppo Find x)

                                    But well I guess it is also because of Lenovo's recent Z5 launch, they really are making things worse for other chinese manufacturers

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                                      Anonymous, 20 Jun 2018Probably still cause Huawei/Honor phones to lag due to EMUI... moreDid you use any of the latest EMUI versions? what you are saying doesn't make any sense.
                                      Maybe you are referring previous versions of EMUI.

                                        Whackcar, 20 Jun 2018Huawei is destined to become the leader of smartphone compa... moreXiaomi will be second as it's pretty much same like Samsung that do everything from freezers to cleansers