News & Reviews:   Qualcomm

Qualcomm have made plenty of processors and now there is a new rumour about another new mid-range chipset. The rumour is that the company could launch the Snapdragon 732G in September 2020.

It seems that the OPPO smartphone with the codename CPH2127 has been spotted on FCC, detailing the tech specs as well as what to expect when the smartphone is officially unveiled in the near future. While not much is known in regards to the exact name of the aforementioned smartphone, our sources did mention that it will come equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 chipset as well as 4GB RAM.

With how extensively used smartphones are today, the last thing we want to hear is that the device we use isn't exactly safe from problems. In a recent study, it was reported that over 400 vulnerabilities were found in the software of Qualcomm chips. Specifically, these were detected in Qualcomm's Digital Signal Processors (DSP) chips.

Based on a statement by Digital Chat Station on Twitter, it seems that Qualcomm could be releasing several “Lite” variants of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset which will be priced much cheaper. With that said, we can expect smartphones equipped with the aforementioned Lite chipset to be much cheaper compared to the full-specced Snapdragon 875 chip.

You may be familiar with Huawei’s situation with the US government, this indirectly also affect HONOR’s business because they are also using the same EMUI OS. In other words, most of their devices aren’t allowed to use Google Mobile Services. Despite that, they will be going to IFA Berlin 2020.

The rise of mobile gaming means that GPU performance in a smartphone is something people pay more attention to these days. Despite that, there hasn't been an app that outright allows the user to control a mobile GPU so far. That's about to change, thanks to a Xiaomi and Qualcomm.

It seems that XDA-Developers recently discovered that there’s a mid-range OnePlus smartphone currently in the works and it’s expected to come equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 5G chipset. While not much is known in regards to the new mid-range smartphone, our source did mention that the device will most likely perform up to 60% faster compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 chipset.

You already know there's Quick Charge 4.0, now get ready for Quick Charge 5.0! It was officially announced by Qualcomm a few hours ago at this time of posting and it's the world's first commercial 100W+ charging platform that will arrive soon this year.

Based on a statement by sammobile.com, it seems that Samsung will be manufacturing Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 875G and Snapdragon 735G chipsets using their 5nm EUV manufacturing process. With that said, our source mentioned that the transistors on the 5nm process are about 25% smaller compared to 7nm which allows manufacturers to pack more transistors on the chip.

As speculated over the past few weeks, Qualcomm have finally revealed the long-awaited Snapdragon 865+ 5G Mobile Platform. Presented by Senior Vice President and General Manager of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc, Alex Katouzian said this new chipset will more powerful in terms of gameplay and a more "intuitive" AI.