Xiaomi 12 series is also “coming soon” with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC

Xiaomi 12 series is also “coming soon” with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip introduced at Qualcomm’s ongoing Snapdragon Tech Summit will power several flagship Android devices next year. Realme has already confirmed that its GT 2 Pro will have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip at the helm, and now Xiaomi’s Founder and CEO, Mr. Lei Jun, has also confirmed the use of Qualcomm’s freshly announced flagship chip on the Xiaomi 12.

Mr. Jun didn’t divulge anything about the Xiaomi 12 but said that the Xiaomi 12 series “will be the world’s first smartphones” to have the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC under the hood.

.@Qualcomm has always been one of the…

Motorola Edge X30 arrives December 9 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset

Motorola Edge X30 arrives December 9 with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset On Tuesday, Qualcomm officially announced its next chipset. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is the chip maker’s first 4nm chipset for smartphones and Motorola has confirmed that the Edge X30 will be its first flagship with the new SoC.

Motorola confirmed via Weibo that the Edge X30 will be announced at a launch event in China on December 9 at 7:30PM local time. The teaser doesn’t confirm anything more about the new Moto Edge device.

This Motorola phone was rumored all month. 3C certification suggests the Motorola Edge X30 (XT2201-2) will support 68.2W charging for its supposed 5,000 mAh…

Beats announces limited edition Union x Beats Studio Buds

Beats announces limited edition Union x Beats Studio Buds Beats by Dre today announced a limited edition version of the Beats Studio Buds in collaboration with American clothing store Union Los Angeles. These will be available in the US and Japan on December 1, 2021.

The Union X Beats Studio Buds feature a unique red, black, and green colorway inspired by the Pan-African flag to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Union LA and the company’s roots as a Black-owned business. These limited edition buds will only be available through Union’s Los Angeles and Tokyo stores and the company website.

Aside from the distinct colorway, the Union X…

Realme GT 2 Pro will be among the first smartphones to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Realme GT 2 Pro will be among the first smartphones to use the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Now that Qualcomm has finally made its next-generation flagship chipset official at its event in Hawaii, Realme has something to say too – and that is that the GT 2 Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.

It’s hard to imagine a less surprising announcement, but there you have it – it’s official now. Don’t forget, the upcoming GT 2 Pro is going to be Realme’s “first-ever ultra-premium flagship”, rising above the likes of the X50 Pro and previous members in the GT family.

Realme proudly boasts that it will be among the first manufacturers to launch a smartphone with the…

Snapdragon Sight: Qualcomm’s new 18-bit ISP is made for the 108MP, 8K future

Snapdragon Sight: Qualcomm’s new 18-bit ISP is made for the 108MP, 8K future The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 brings notable improvements in performance and power efficiency for the CPU and GPU. But the camera hardware inside the chip also received major upgrades, so much so that Qualcomm is launching a separate brand for it.

Snapdragon Sight is the branding for the ISP, which now comes with a variety of features oriented towards professionals. Those are thanks to much-improved throughput and even casual users will benefit from that.

The ISP can now process 3.2 gigapixels per second (up from 2.7 gigapixels per second on the SD888). Coupled with other optimizations, this…

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 unveiled with new ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU architecture

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 unveiled with new ARMv9 CPU cores, new Adreno GPU architecture Qualcomm unveiled its next-generation chipset for flagship Android devices and it brings improvements across the board. In a way, it is a clean break from previous designs as it switches over to the new ARMv9 instruction set and a new naming scheme. We won’t have to wait long to see it in action, the first commercially available phones with the new chip will come out before the end of the year.

Meet the Snapdragon 8 Gen1 – that’s the new naming scheme, digit for class (8 being flagship) and a generation. It is Qualcomm’s first 4nm chipset and the first to use this new generation of the CPU…

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