While the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit 2021, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. introduced its new premium 5G mobile platform, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. The new Snapdragon 8 cut the first turf into a new era of superior mobile technology with cutting-edge 5G, AI, camera, gaming, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth advanced technologies to revolutionize the next generation of flagship devices. Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will be embraced by Global OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers, the organization makes gadgets from parts bought from other organizations.) and brands, including Black Shark, SHARP, Sony Corporation, vivo, Xiaomi, IQOO, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Redmi, and ZTE, with commercial devices anticipated close to the end of 2022. Samsung prefers to use Snapdragon for its Galaxy S line, which powers up Xiaomi devices, and also OnePlus rely on it. But this isn’t found in expensive smartphones, however. To clarify the point, let’s break down their performance and features and what ability you should expect.
1. Network Connectivity
Equipped with the 4th gen Snapdragon X65 5G Modem-RF System, the brand-new Snapdragon 8 is the most developed 5G mobile platform and the world’s first 5G modem-RF solution to outstretch 10 Gigabit download speeds. Snapdragon 8 features the Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 Mobile Connectivity System holds up the fastest Wi-Fi speeds accessible up to 3.6 Gbps over Wi-Fi and 6E to ensure apps and games carry out smoothly and sleekly, even with numerous devices on one web.
2. Camera
Up to here, the new premium mobile platform takes photography through smartphones beyond master-league. It comprises the initial 8K HDR video capture in a mobile platform, and it’s proficient and effective in premium HDR10+ format that’s fully packed with more than a billion color shades. Snapdragon 8 also includes a fourth separate ISP, the new Always-On ISP; users can experience always-on-face unlocking and locking if their face isn’t present for heightened privacy because it allows the camera to run with low power consumption.
3. Shape, Sharpness, Shade, And Specifics
Snapdragon Sight Technology incorporates the initial commercial 18-bit mobile ISP, Capturing over 4000x more camera-specific data, otherwise its predecessors for its maximum dynamic range, color, and sharpness at astonishing speeds up to 3.2 gigapixels per second.
4. Next-level Imaging
This segment will append extraordinary tanks to the new Bokeh Engine, which is attached with appealing soft backgrounds to the videos; it’s like video capturing now includes Portrait mode too. Users can capture pro-quality images thanks to intelligently integrated Leica Leitz Look filters-recreating their legendary bokeh effect.
5. Gaming
With over 50 Snapdragon Elite Gaming features, Snapdragon 8 delivers ultra-smooth responsiveness, color-rich HDR scenes at the highest visual quality, and desktop-level capabilities that are mobile-first. Another mobile-first feature, Variable Rate Shading Pro, provides a finer grain of control for game developers to tune game performance further. Desktop-level Volumetric rendering brings unrivaled realism to fog, smoke, and particle effects optimized for mobile by Qualcomm technologies’ in-house Snapdragon Studios.
6. Power Utilization
The new Qualcomm Adreno GPU provides a 30% boost in graphics rendering potential and 25% refinement in power saving juxtaposed to the previous generation to unlock a new generation of mobile GPUs. The platform delivers Adreno Frame Motion Engine so that it can generate twice as many frames while keeping the same power depletion intact.
7. AI
The 7th Gen Qualcomm AI Engine is equipped with the ultra-high-performance presentation. It features a 2x faster tensor accelerator, 2x more significant shared memory than its predecessor, and an efficient Qualcomm Hexagon processor.
8. Vault-type Security
Snapdragon 8 features dome-like protection to keep users’ data 24X7 guarded and protected. First Snapdragon platform to incorporate a dedicated and exclusive Trust Management Engine to achieve heightened security and provide additional Root of Trust for apps and services.
9. Sound Reverberation
It is the first Snapdragon mobile platform to brace all brand new LE audio features such as broadcast audio, stereo recording, and voice back-channel for gaming. Users can experience a new class of crisp, crystal-clear voice and music with integrated Bluetooth 5.2, now featuring Qualcomm aptX Lossless Technology for CD-quality lossless wireless audio and Snapdragon Sound Technology.
10. iSIM
Snapdragon 8 is the world’s first mobile platform to feature Android Ready SE- the new standard for digital car keys, driver’s licenses, and more. Additionally, the Qualcomm Secure Processing Unit features support for iSIM (IP Multimedia Services Identity Module; this contains parameters for identifying and authentically the user to IMS), an integrated SIM card so users can easily and securely connect to cellular networks without a SIM card.
