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    Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    And Xiaomi says that its Mi 10 (2020) smartphone will be powered by this SoC.
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    Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    "Compelled to get the X55 accompanying it"

    Why don't they just stipulate it is a two part design if they are getting so hoity about it...or is it to prevent Mediatek or other 5G modem manufacturers being used along side their processor.

    I'm sure there are laws against that and with Qualcomms history...

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    Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    I wonder if the article is a bit non specific and the actual wording is to the effect of "you can use it alone or with our modem only". I'd have thought they'd want to be not missing out the tablet market by saying that the two parts are required in one product.

    What they're doing is really anticompetitive really and forcing people to use their modem rather than letting the free market decide what is the best product. That makes me suspicious their modem isn't as good as it should be and so they're propping it up.

    It's fairly obvious why the two package design may have come about from an operational perspective but I think they're trying to have and eat cake here. I hope they have costed for the legal bills.

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    Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    Quote Originally Posted by philehidiot View Post
    That makes me suspicious their modem isn't as good as it should be and so they're propping it up.
    Their modem is excellent, but this way it isn't cost effective for anyone else to try and enter the market if there is no-one to sell to.

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    Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    Full specs for the SD856 are now out.

    CPU: Kryo 585 octa-core, up to 2.84GHz (4x ARM A77, 4x ARM A55)
    GPU: Adreno 650
    RAM: LPDDR4x and LPDDR5
    Modem: Snapdragon X55 5G (discrete)
    Process: 7nm
    DSP (AI): Hexagon 698
    ISP: Spectra 480
    Wi-Fi: FastConnect 6800 with Wi-Fi 6 (including 60GHz)
    Audio codec: WCD9385
    Charging: Qualcomm QuickCharge 4+ with QuickCharge AI
    Launch date: Q1 2020

    https://www.qualcomm.com/products/sn...obile-platform

    Last edited by mtyson; 05-12-2019 at 01:21 PM.

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    Re: Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Mobile Platform announced

    Ouch, no integrated 5G modem on the 865? That's another year I won't be "upgrading" to 5G then! (FYI Ars Technica has a great article on the issues with a separate 5G modem if you google "ars technica Don’t buy a 5G smartphone—at least, not for a while").

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