Qualcomm launched the new Snapdragon 870 5G chipset. It is the successor to the Snapdragon 865+ chip that should power the next one androidof the "budget" flagship.
The new chip received the fastest processor clock in the mobile world - the main core runs at a frequency of 3,2 GHz (for the Snapdragon 865+ it is 3,1 GHz, for the Snapdragon 2,94 GHz; however, the leader in this area so far was the Kirin 9000 chip , whose main core "ticks" at a frequency of 3,13 GHz).
The Snapdragon 870 still uses the Kryo 585 processor cores, which are based on the Cortex-A77 processor. By contrast, Qualcomm's latest flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 888, relies on the newer Cortex-X1 and Cortex-A78 processors, so even though its main core runs at a lower frequency (2,84GHz), the more modern architecture makes it ultimately more powerful than the Snapdragon 870's main core. The chipset includes an Adreno 650 graphics chip, the same one found in the Snapdragon 865 and 865+.
As for the display, the chipset supports a maximum resolution of 1440p and a refresh rate of up to 144 Hz (or 4K with 60 Hz). The Spectra 480 still serves as an image processor, which supports sensor resolutions of up to 200 MPx, video recording in up to 8K at 30 fps (or 4K at 120 fps) and HDR10+ and Dolby Vision standards.
In terms of connectivity, in addition to supporting the 5G network via the Snapdragon X55 external modem, the chipset also supports the Wi-Fi 6 standard, sub-6GHz band and millimeter wave band (with a download speed of up to 7,5 GB/s).
The chip will be used by the next "budget" flagships of manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Oppo, OnePlus or Motorola, which should - at least in the case of Motorola - appear soon.
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