According to the report, the Xiaomi Mi 11 will be the first series of the year carrying Snapdragon 888. After that, the chipset will make its debut in flagship phones from LG, OnePlus, and more throughout the year. Well, at the moment, Samsung hasn’t confirmed yet on any platform whether it will use the chip in its devices or not.

Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 888

The new chipset Snapdragon 888 will have Qualcomm’s X60 modem that shifts to a 5nm process to provide better power efficiency and brings improvements for 5G carrier aggregation across the mmWave and sub-6GHz bands of the spectrum. The new chip will also offer some substantial battery improvements when it comes to 5G. According to Qualcomm, “the Snapdragon 888 features the third generation of its Elite Gaming platform, which delivers its “most significant upgrade in Qualcomm Adreno GPU performance. The new chipset will triple down on the future of computational photography and transform smartphones into professional-quality cameras.” Note: All the phones carrying the Snapdragon 888 will be able to capture a shot at 2.7 gigapixels per second, that should translate to 120 photos which are 12-megapixels sharp per second. Compared to the last Snapdragon processor, the newchipset is up to 35 per cent faster. Recommended Reading: Here are the Leaked Specs of First Snapdragon 875