“Snapdragon 888 is the most powerful mobile platform from Qualcomm Technologies ever,” said Lei Jun. “In addition to the industry-leading 5G connectivity, it has brought groundbreaking breakthroughs and innovations in AI, gaming, and cameras. I’m glad that our new flagship smartphone Mi11 will be one of the first devices with Snapdragon 888. This is another cutting-edge product from us and will be loaded with various hardcore technologies.”
Mi11 will be one of the first devices with Snapdragon 888 SoC
The Snapdragon 888 SoC employs a new 6th generation Qualcomm AI Engine, with a completely re-engineered Qualcomm Hexagon processor that is said to perform the operation at an astonishing 26 tera operations per second. Additionally, the chipset is rated to capture photos and videos at 2.7 gigapixels per second or roughly 120 photos at 12MP resolution, which is around 35 percent faster than the previous generation, thanks to the faster Spectra ISP.
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While we know the Mi 11 will be powered by the Snapdragon 888 SoC, other smartphones from brands like ASUS, Realme, OnePlus, Vivo, OPPO, Motorola, LG, BlackShark, Lenovo, MEIZU, Nubia, Sharp, and ZTE are expected to arrive with the chipset in early 2021 as well. We expect to hear more about these flagship phones from the brands themselves in the weeks to come.