Qualcomm To Bring Key Snapdragon 855 Features to Mid-range Chipsets by 2020

Dec. 6, 2018

Qualcomm’s next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 855, is finally here and would be used to power most flagship phones in the coming year. It promises major improvements over its predecessor in terms ofraw power, AI and computer vision,photography, and also 5G connectivity.

Budget Snapdragon 855 Flagships

While we expect the next OnePlus flagship to disrupt the market (and make some recent OnePlus 6T buyers angry in the process) and launching thefirst Snapdragon 855-powered smartphone, we were more keen to know about the mid-range segment, where the competition is the most intense. Does Qualcomm see their powerful new chipset finding a home in affordable flagships such as thePoco F1? Absolutely!

“I think companies like Xiaomi and Pocophone really broke new barriers around how to bring a premium experience at multiple price points,” Amon told us at the event. He’s prettyfascinated with the concept of Poco, which clearly demonstrates that buyers need for a premium experience – but on a budget.

Amon further told us that it was a unique concept devised by Xiaomi and that he has no doubt regarding the fact that “the trend will continue and we expect (them) to go from (Snapdragon) 845 to 855.” Xiaomi’s competitors are going to jump into the mix and we could expect to witness the proliferation of budget flagships over the coming year.

Snapdragon 855 mobile platform witnesses the addition ofseveral new flagship-grade featuresand technologies, such asenhanced imaging, AI features, as well as the much-talked-about 5G modem.

We know Qualcomm usually brings most of its new features to its budget and mid-range mobile platforms, that Amon confirmed to be the chip maker’s unique method to building chipsets. On being asked about a timeline for when we can see them trickle down to the popular Snapdragon 600- and 700-series, Amon told us that,