Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon 700 series

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Bringing premium tier SD8XX features to more affordable devices.

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[cheesemp]

This is good news. I've always felt the 600's where just a little to cut down for my liking but struggled to justify an 800 series based phone on price grounds so this might be a sweet spot for me however I have recently got a moto z as it was just about to be replaced for 50% rrp. Will a newly released 700 based phone be better than a 6 month old 800 based one...

[IsaacM]

It has been a great journey with Snapdragon 700 series since it came out.

[3dcandy]

This is good news. I've always felt the 600's where just a little to cut down for my liking but struggled to justify an 800 series based phone on price grounds so this might be a sweet spot for me however I have recently got a moto z as it was just about to be replaced for 50% rrp. Will a newly released 700 based phone be better than a 6 month old 800 based one...

Probably not Though it will depend on other factors I guess