Qualcomm’s 7nm Snapdragon 855 is now official with improved imaging and efficiency

05 December 2018
The CPU was finally announced during Qualcomm’s ongoing Summit in Hawaii.

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kaku, 05 Dec 2018following link suggest birds were dead due to testing of 5g... moreMovie: Johnny Mnemonic comes to mind....

    Shanti Dope, 05 Dec 2018Just like batteries on smartphones "Wow, my phone can fi... more^ This.

    These OEMs need to try to leapfrog in battery life. But they know degraded, sealed batteries is part of their planned obsolescence, so they don't do it. Just like they removed headphone jack so we can buy wireless headphones/earbuds that we will also dispose every few years. And how about that Bluetooth radiation?

    I do think some new revolution is coming next year. Foldable displays, 3+ rear cameras, sliders, etc. I found 2017 & 2018 for tech rather disappointing. Hopefully, 2019 doesn't offer a false promise like the last two years did when they removed headphone jack, add notches, decreased in battery life, and raised prices.

    I haven't found one phone as good all-around as the 2016 LG G5 and V20. Yeah, their battery life kinda sucks and that image retention. Aware of the G5's GPS issues although never experienced it on mine. But neither have the awful glass backs. They have removable batteries (last flagships of their kind), expandable storage, headphone jack, and IR blaster.

    We're almost in 2019 and it seems the last good year in tech for me was in 2016. Yeah, the iPhone 7 removed headphone jack but it wasn't that common until the following year. I hate the sound quality from the dongle. That's why not many phones interests me anymore. I love my Essential Phone but even I know it lacks a headphone jack and all the other features my LGs have.

    IR blaster is such an underrated feature. I use it every single day. I wish OEMs brought it back but the new features in flagships right now is by removing old features. I hate Apple. Everyone ends up copying them. They may not be the first but they're the most influential which can be a bad thing. Rotten Apple.

      indiefund, 05 Dec 2018Actually the Kirin 980 got introduced in the end of Aug 31... moreyes yes yes... first 7nm processor(false)... most powerful(false)... just a false advertising...

      same with the battery life for mate20pro... 4200mAh... the old pixel 2xl is better (check gsmarena battery life)...

      people will go tired about this Chinese company ;)

        Whackcar, 05 Dec 2018Antutu is a joke though. Let's stick with Geekbench. Al... moreso... is compared with 2017 chipset from sd... so the kirin is one year behind :D

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          Don Hrle, 05 Dec 2018Wrong,Kirin 980 is companies flagship for 2019. lineup No you are wrong Kirin 980 is flagship chipset for 2018 like Apple A12.

            Whackcar, 05 Dec 2018Antutu is a joke though. Let's stick with Geekbench. Al... moreWrong,Kirin 980 is companies flagship for 2019. lineup

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              • 05 Dec 2018

              Anonymous, 05 Dec 2018So basically, they want a to sell two chips. The SD855 and ... moreNo...

              Many countries will not have 5G before 2025. What Qualcomm is doing is to give the OEMs the choice to choose the markets they want to sell 5G enabled devices.
              People from 3rd world nations buy much more mid/low ends, those phones wont be 5G any soon. And these countries will take years to provide 5G, there is no need to sell phones with 5G modem there .

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                • 05 Dec 2018

                Poor Apple

                New iPhone will still only offer SDR videos and they will say it is professional quality.

                Should focus on battery life and processing power, not benchmark

                  Dolanescu, 05 Dec 2018RIP Kirin 980... one month to be equal with SD is enough :DActually the Kirin 980 got introduced in the end of Aug
                  31.08.2018 - > 04.12.2018

                  This is just over 3 months and Mate 20 got introduced beginning of October so let's see
                  when the first implementation will go into the market.

                  This is not one month as you say, but 3 months, quite big difference isn't it ?
                  I see no reason for RIP since the performance boost is small but this is up to the user to decide.

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                    • 05 Dec 2018

                    So basically, they want a to sell two chips. The SD855 and the x50. So if you want 5g, u have to pay extra. Not that I would care since 5g is barely starting in the US anyways. We probably wont see any real worth to it until several years.

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                      • 05 Dec 2018

                      The New Era Mobile Platform.😘

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                        Shanti Dope, 05 Dec 2018Just like batteries on smartphones "Wow, my phone can fi... moreNah. Apple just happened to be hip. Branding plus Jobs marketing catapulted it in the US and the rest of the countries that look up to the US.

                        Paying for apps with carrier billing/prepaid credits and without looking for different websites was already available even on java phones.

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                          • 05 Dec 2018

                          Outdated phone

                          - comment sections on every SD845 phone articles from now on.

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                            Whackcar, 05 Dec 20188k isn't impractical. People said the same about 4k when it... morePhones cant deal with all that heat, only in 2019 the full frames will offer 8k.

                            To record 8k, sensor needs to have at least 33MP at 16:9

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                              Shanti Dope, 05 Dec 2018Just like batteries on smartphones "Wow, my phone can fi... moreThat wasnt . There are already alot of touch screen phone way before iphone . Technology doesnt leap without reason . Unless you found crashed alien ship .

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                                • 05 Dec 2018

                                SKR..., 05 Dec 2018Exynos 9820 is definitely more powerful, it has a capabilit... more4k HDR

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                                  • 05 Dec 2018

                                  A13: focus on antutu/geekbench, poor battery life and SDR video recording

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                                    • 05 Dec 2018

                                    SKR..., 05 Dec 2018Exynos 9820 is definitely more powerful, it has a capabilit... moreI'm sure the chip will be able to capture at least 4k at 120 fps. (at the lower current quality)

                                    if you read the article correctly its improving the current 4k standard on devicves as it can do depth mapping as 60fps + in HDR for 4K(which no other SOC can do at this time)
                                    and do this while using 25% of the power from 845 chip.

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                                      travis999, 05 Dec 2018So another SOC full of crap I don't need, don't want and w... moreAre they supposed to make one for your needs only or something?

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                                        Anonymous, 05 Dec 2018lol 4k 60fps even mid range exynos Chipset 9610 could captu... moreI think you misunderstood. If 4k 60 is achieved with less power, then you can record for longer. Which is much more useful than having higher frame rate/resolution but shorter time.