First Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Smartphone Announced

Chipmaker Qualcomm is expected to launch the successor of the flagship processor Snapdragon 855 in December, which as per rumours is going to be Snapdragon 865. Ahead of the launch, according to a report by My Drivers, Chinese luxury smartphone and watchmaker 8848 has already announced its phone which will come powered by this processor. The name of the handset is being touted as Titanium M6 5G. As the name suggests, the handset will offer 5G connectivity.

Officially, 8848 is the first company to announce that it is making a smartphone with the upcoming processor but that doesn’t ensure that it will be the first handset featuring this processor to hit the market since there is no word on the launch date. For those unaware, Samsung has always been the first company to make available the global variant of the flagship Qualcomm processor every year.

In terms of specs, the Titanium M6 5G is confirmed to come with a 6.01-inch AMOLED screen. On the storage front, it will boast of 12GB RAM and 1TB internal storage. The primary camera on the handset is going to be a 64MP sensor that will be capable of clicking images in 100MP resolution.

Qualcomm is expected to launch both LTE and 5G variants of the Snapdragon 865 processor. Earlier this month, it was alleged that Qualcomm may launch the flagship processor slightly sooner than December, which is when it traditionally holds its launch event. It is being said that the firm is doing this to keep up with Huawei’s Kirin 990, Apple’s A13 Bionic and Samsung’s Exynos 9825 processors, all of which have launched recently in flagship smartphones such as Huawei Mate 30 series, iPhone 11 series and Samsung Galaxy Note 10 series. It has been mentioned that some partners will also showcase the newest Snapdragon processor running on their prototype smartphones. Some of the partners mentioned are Samsung, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi.―Times of India