IN-DEPTH TECH: QUALCOMM SNAPDRAGON 888 WHAT YOU’RE GETTING IN YOUR 2021 FLAGSHIP SMARTPHONES
Qualcomm’s flagship chipset - the Snapdragon 888 mobile platform - was launched at the start of December 2020. True to Qualcomm’s timing, the new chipset is slated for flagship-tier Android smartphones that will start showing up in 2021. In this article, we look at improvements over the Snapdragon 865 (where possible), and check out specific updates of the new SD888 chipset.
Deconstructing the chipset
On-board the SD888 is a Spectra 580 image signal processor that’s 35% faster at photo- and video-taking than its predecessor. The Adreno 660
