Report: Qualcomm talking to LG about Snapdragon 845 and the LG G7

Peter, 29 May 2017

It seems that Qualcomm is talking to everyone about the Snapdragon 845 - first Samsung, now LG too. LG missed the boat on the 835 and had to launch its G6 flagship with the older generation Snapdragon 821 chipset.

Now, industry insiders think that LG will catch up and use Snapdragon 845 for the LG G7 next year (the V30 is set to use the S835 instead). It’s not just about the improved power efficiency offered by new manufacturing process.

“The adoption of the Snapdragon 845 for LG’s next flagship phone seems inevitable, considering the emerging virtual reality and augmented reality solutions require more powerful data processing capability,” says an industry official.

LG dipped its toes in VR, but a more concentrated push is expected for the rumored LG V30.

Source

LG Android Rumors

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21 Aug 2017
mR6

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DenisXD
17 Jun 2017
3Au

Seriously with the pace smartphones evolve a 2 month old smartphone would be considered old. It's getting out of hand! S8 and G6 are just a couple of months old and there are already rumours and talks about S9 and G7? Remember what happened wit...