News & Reviews:   Qualcomm

Soon, we may be able to get 5G connectivity even in the world’s most remote locations thanks to a joint effort by Swedish telecoms equipment maker Ericsson, US chip company Qualcomm and French aerospace company Thales. Allowing users to wirelessly access super fast internet and low latency wirelessly where ever there are in the world, this new technology seeks to utilise low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip is not that far from us, as Qualcomm already announced that the next Snapdragon Summit will get held on 14 November. A reputable tipster is now letting us know what to expect before the next-gen flagship chip arrives, and it's regarding the improvement in energy efficiency.

Qualcomm has released a new RF front-end module which supports the next generation Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E as well as Bluetooth. Made for use for a variety of devices including smartphones, automotive, XR extended reality, PC and more, the new RF module allows manufacturers to be more cost-effective by developing Wi-Fi devices quickly.

Although there's still some time to go, Qualcomm has announced that its 2022 Snapdragon Summit will go live starting on 14 November. Therefore, we now know when will the company present its next-generation flagship chip, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2.

Since Qualcomm has announced its latest flagship chipset, Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, some of you might be wondering when will the first batch of smartphones arrive. The good news is that we've received information regarding which smartphone manufacturers will join the first round of the release, and they're going to make the industry lively again.

At last, Qualcomm has introduced the successor of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip today. It turns out that we have been calling it the wrong name, as the company put the plus sign after the eight rather than one, so it's Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1.

South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly planning to use custom in-house processors specific for its popular Galaxy S series smartphones starting from the year 2025. This plan is allegedly due to the insufficient yields and poor thermal management of the latest generation of Qualcomm and Exynos chipsets.

We had received two different predictions regarding the launch of the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ chipset, with one mentioning that it'll launch in H2 2022 while the other one claims that the smartphones with the chip are arriving next month. Now, we might be able to confirm that the latter is likely to happen as Qualcomm has announced an event on 20 May.

If you ask any smartphone enthusiasts what's the best chipset, they would probably tell you it's the Snapdragon and Apple's A Bionic chipset series. However, both of these chipsets have been taken over by MediaTek as the most popular SoC in China recently.

Despite that many smartphones are rumoured to feature the upcoming Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ made by TSMC, the chip could still face delay. According to reputable tipster Digital Chat Station, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+ would only arrive by the second half of 2022.