Snapdragon 888 unveiled with massive upgrades to GPU, AI hardware and 5G modem

01 December 2020
Qualcomm teases "most significant upgrade" to the Adreno GPU, holds back details for now. The CPU is kept under wraps too.

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  • Anonymous
  • 3yL
  • 01 Dec 2020

Next SoC will be called 988, then 1088 , then 1188, then 1288... Oh, I rather stop there.

    Man this is getting super duper boring - every time year after year with minimal to almost no improvements whatsoever, except for the ones on paper but in real life there's no difference.

    Doesn't matter anyway since most of the world will yet again get the sh*tty, garbage exynos chip.. The Dragon 888 is already light years ahead of garbage exynos.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0p}
      • 01 Dec 2020

      No specs available.

      Does it allow 4K@24/25/30/60/120 12bit?
      Does it allow 8K@30 10 bit?
      Does it allow raw video?
      Does it support 4K@90 screen or 5k@60?
      Can I use 5G for both sim cards simultaneously?
      Does it support usb 4.0?
      How much ram it can handle?
      Will many chinese brands keep using cheat to boost antutu score?

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        • Anonymous
        • 7Dp
        • 01 Dec 2020

        Samsung is not working on a 888 powered phone?

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          • AnonD-909757
          • pZQ
          • 01 Dec 2020

          Smart Guy, 01 Dec 2020Increase AI , for better surveillance and learning from use... moreAI isn't really a threat.
          There are real one like :
          *Constantly there or lack of occultation mechanism for front facing camera (and on a secondary measure on main camera(s) too).
          *Lack of "ON/OFF/Push To Talk" microphone function.
          *Lack of Wi-Fi/GPS/Data kill-switch.
          *Data encryption that are non accessible to the user.

          But also lack of privacy laws and rules in how OS, networks, consumer electronic manufacturer and applications work.

          AI is more like accelerators that can be used to analyse things like keyboard key presses or even using Wi-Fi as a RADAR to look through walls (both have been done), it isn't by itself a direct source of informations, it is only through hacks that it is used for that, otherwise even some basic privacy safety would prevent them from acting against the users, and those should be really a big focus along with the other things I mentioned previously.

            Oh boy! We're getting closer to 900. Snapdragon 900 series coming in 2022?

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              • Armesh
              • D0d
              • 01 Dec 2020

              So Samsung ditched Snapdragon in favour of Exynos?

                Vikass17, 01 Dec 2020I was thinking the same thing too . Now they will have to f... moreAs Qualcomm mentioned itself, 8 is one of the luckiest number in Indian and Chinese culture. Hence they decided to go directly to 888.

                  IpsDisplay, 01 Dec 2020Yup I basically wasted y time watching this event... Which ... moreYep. Looks like there are very significant upgrades from 865 to 888.

                  That can be seen by the fact that leaked benchmarks of 775G are very close to 865.

                    Redmi Note 9s User, 01 Dec 2020I wonder why they named it 888, not 885I was thinking the same thing too . Now they will have to find a new naming series sooner. They could have gone with SD876 . That sounds and looks cool too.

                      I wonder why they named it 888, not 885

                        Yup I basically wasted y time watching this event... Which was just a glorified preview..

                        so day 2 is really where the indepth information drops

                        The 888 isn't fhe usual incremental upgrade looks like they are going hard this time

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                          • Smart Guy
                          • 2mA
                          • 01 Dec 2020

                          Increase AI , for better surveillance and learning from user. SCI _ FY baby

                            Oh my goodness this is going to be amazing. Waiting to replace my V30 paid off greatly.

                              So Qualcomm is focusing on AI. 26 Tops!!!
                              It is double than the Bionic chip.