Most smartphones will run on that chip

Snapdragon 865. Photo: Courtesy of Qualcomm

US chip maker Qualcomm has announced their updated flagship processor Snapdragon 3. Most of the top 20 Android smartphones will be equipped with the new processor. Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Realme, Asus, Apos and many other big brands have announced the use of Qualcomm's new chipset on their premium smartphones.

Qualcomm showcased a new chipset at a Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii, USA. The new chip-rich smartphone has also been announced.

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has said that Qualcomm's new chipset will be seen on their flagship 'Mi 4' smartphone. The new chipset will be available in the first quarter of next year. Opo has announced the launch of the new chipset smartphone from January to March next year. Lenovo is also planning to roll out a new chipset-based smartphone to return to the premium smartphone market. Realme plans to bring a new Snapdragon 4 chipset based smartphone.

South Korean company Samsung plans to bring an S-Series smartphone to Qualcomm's chipset in February next year. This chipset can be used on Galaxy S4 and 6 Plus models of smartphones.

The new processor includes the Cairo 5 CPU, which is 20 percent faster than the Snapdragon 3 chipset that was released on the market last year. It also added the new Image Signal Processor (ISP) Spectra 1, which supports 2 gigapixels per second. This chipset can be used to capture 1K HDR quality video, 3K quality video or 20 megapixel image.