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Qualcomm announced availability of its latest 5G chipset, the Snapdragon 780G. The company is promising a range of premium features for its 7-series portfolio which was traditionally used by OEMs in lower-priced smartphones.
Snapdgragon 780G should enable a selection of premium-tier features for the first time in the 7-series. Its launch also notably comes at a time when the company has made headlines for being caught short with its chip supplies following a surge in demand, affecting numerous manufacturers.
Among the features, the Snapdragon 780G will include a triple image signal processor, able to capture images from three cameras simultaneously, plus low-light features. The new offering will be powered by the sixth-generation Qualcomm AI engine. For gaming, the latest chipset enabled HDR and makes next-generation services more accessible to OEMs and consumers. The chipset will support Wi-Fi 6 data rates of up to 3.6Gb/s.
Since introducing the Snapdragon 7-series three years ago, more than 350 device models have launched based the mobile platforms, with OEMs using the portfolio in the past to differentiate smartphones at lower prices than previously possible. Commercial devices based on Snapdragon 780G are expected to be available in the second quarter.
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