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Huawei Mate 50’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor to launch soon: Tipster
Following the recent launches, Huawei is now working on the next Mate series flagship – Mate 50 in the second half of this year (probably). Aside from all of the information, the Chiese tech maker could unveil this Huawei Mate 50 lineup featuring Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor.
However, there are a few more things that you should know and are now up in the open via a Weibo tipster, revealing that the Mate 50 Pro version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset will launch soon. However, the tipster further confirms that the chipset will only bring 4G access instead of 5G.
The tipster further reveals that the Huawei Mate 50 version of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4G processor could launch and ship alongside the Qualcomm 8 Gen 1+. A tipster – from Twitter, previously revealed that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 could unveil around June this year.
The tipster told that the chipset is faster by 10 percent as compared to the initial version, meanwhile, the process is likely to be TSMC’s 4nm node. However, the core frequency could be further optimized to provide new performance.
Numbers on the SM8475 (Snapdragon 8 Gen 1+) are quite good. Expecting an overall 10% jump compared to 8 Gen 1. Thermals are good, chip is stable and battery life is slightly better compared to the out going model on test machines.
Looking at an early June commercial release…— Yogesh Brar (@heyitsyogesh) April 25, 2022
Recently, Huawei has unveiled its latest foldable phone – Mate Xs 2 smartphone featuring Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset with an octa-core architecture featuring Octa-core, 1 x Cortex-X1 at 2.84GHz + 3 x Cortex-A78 at 2.42GHz + 4 x Cortex-A55 at 1.8GHz. The same processor has been used in the Huawei P50 and P50 Pro smartphones.
Why not Kirin:
Due to U.S. restrictions, Huawei cannot print new chipsets including Kirin, the chipset stock is running low. Therefore, the company is bound to take the help of other processor makers such as Qualcomm and MediaTek to complete current requirements and build new products.
Huawei Mate 50 series:
Currently, Huawei has not confirmed the official launch date for this upcoming flagship but previous inputs on this matter brought us to hope that the company is surely working on the device and is likely to unveil around July. According to a previous report, Huawei Mate 50 Pro will bring you better camera technologies and better photography capabilities. That’s not it, the phone could be bringing HarmonyOS 3.0 operating system, with a set of new software features.
Huawei Mate 50 is likely to feature a better display panel but the return of the notch is also speculated, which, you can read in the article linked below.