CES 2017: Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 835

Yesterday at CES 2017, Qualcomm announced their latest chipset that will power the next generation of phones. The Snapdragon 835 is revealed to have a 10nm design with a 35% smaller size compared to last year’s Snapdragon 820. The small design helps smartphone manufacturers to create thinner devices as they please and allowing more room for the battery or other components. It comes loaded with the latest Kyro 280 CPU, Adreno 540 GPU and Hexagon 682 DSP that Qualcomm optimizes with their software, Qualcomm Symphony System Manager. With the battery optimization, it allows for an extra day of talk time, five days of music playback and over seven hours of 4K video streaming. An update to Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 allowing charges for the device to provide an additional five hours of talk time with only a five minute charge. Virtual Reality is another goal that Qualcomm set to improve this year as designers set to reach the recommended VR processing power that is demanded with new titles. The processor now provides a 25% 3D graphic rendering and 60 times more display colors improvement. The new Snapdragon supports 3D positional audio that helps further immerse users than previous generation devices. Google’s Daydream software is supported and we can see that future devices will have no problem immersing audiences with 360 degree content that creators can develop. For the camera department, each of the chip’s component has been programmed to provide more efficiency for zoom and stabilization that’ll satisfy camera enthusiasts. Qualcomm’s camera software developed the latest generation of EIS 3.0 that provides superior 4K video stabilization through advanced correction in the 3D space. Auto-focus has been enhanced with Dual Photodiode that helps the camera to detect changes in phase and light detection. Connectivity has also been improved as Snapdragon included their X16 Gigabit LTE modem. Supporting 802.11ad multi-gigabit and integrated 2×2 11ac MU-MIMO Wi-Fi. The new chips help bring a faster and more reliable connection. The modem has an advanced 256-QAM digital signal processor that receives data on four antennas through 4×4 MIMO. United States carriers are rumored to provide support for faster than 4G LTE speeds. Another chip that is included is the WCN 3990 chip that is set to be certified for Bluetooth 5.0 that brings improvements over Bluetooth 4.2 far vastly. For security, we may see more phones providing iris scanning support. As the 835 supporting Qualcomm Haven Security Platform that supports three layers of security through the processor, device and system levels. Haven uses PINS and fingerprints to authenticate the user while eye and face-based security to authenticate the camera. With everything they announced this year, we’re poised to see what manufacturers can provide us with their 835-equipped devices.

Source: Qualcomm’s Detailed Specifications tmonews.com