No new Android phones for 2020 have been announced yet, but the chip that's likely to power many of them has been christened. The Snapdragon 865 chipset was officially announced by Qualcomm at its annual Snapdragon Summit. The company has announced that it will focus on 5G and AI capabilities. Details about the performance and features of this smaller-than-a-penny 7nm chipset are still implied. However, we do know that it will take advantage of the new RF 5G Snapdragon X55 modem system, which Qualcomm describes as the most advanced 5G platform in the world.
What phones will get the Snapdragon 865?
The Snapdragon 865 is essentially the continuation of the widely used Snapdragon 855 chipset that is at the heart of the Samsung Galaxy S10, Note 10, OnePlus 7 Pro, LG G9, Google Pixel 4, and many other leading Android phones. . This means you're likely to see rumors of the Samsung Galaxy S11, Note 11, OnePlus 8, LG G10, and Google Pixel 5 using all of this 5G chipset in the coming months. Expect news about the first 865 powered phones at MWC 2020 or just before MWC 2020 in February. Sometimes it's easier to list phones that won't receive this chipset than to name them. Huawei and sometimes Samsung for some markets are making their own chipsets for smartphones. Apple has always made its own iPhone chipset, though it seems to have gone back to using Qualcomm's 2020 modem to deliver the first iPhone 5G. As it is, very few of the best Android phones don't use Snapdragon chips. As a result, the capabilities and benchmarking of the flagship Snapdragon 865 will tell us a lot about our smartphones in 2020.