The upcoming next-gen flagship smartphones are equipped with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 898 (Snapdragon 8 Gen1) chipset. The chances are this may come with the battery capacity starting with 45000mAh and will support 65W fast charging.
Hint By Digital Chat Station
The authentic tipster tipped about the processor that it will be equipped with a 4500mAh battery and 65W charging support.
Digital Chat Station is a reliable of smartphone leaks, which were revealed via a post on Weibo. Another leak also reveals that the Snapdragon is not using anymore its typical xxx moniker for the flagship devices lined up for release. The new Snapdragon chipset will favor “Snapdragon 8 Gen1”. MediaTek has already taken the step to pull the similar, renaming its Dimensity 2000 chip to Dimensity 9000.
65W Fast Charging
Chinese smartphones especially from BBK Electronics (Oppo, Realme, OnePlus, etc.) are already started providing 65W fast charging support, even in their mid-range segment. The 65W charging is not a surprise, it is already being provided by the companies. The companies like Oppo and Xiaomi working on 125W charging support to make it standard for flagship devices.
4500mAh Battery
The battery capacity of 4500mAh is a necessity for flagship devices for managing power-hungry apps and higher refresh rate displays. 120Hz displays are already being established in flagship as well as in mid-range mobile phones. These higher refresh rate smartphones consume more battery as compared to standard 60Hz refresh rate smartphones.
Snapdragon 898
Coming to the Snapdragon 8 Gen1, it claims to offer a 20 percent performance improvement compared to its predecessor. This chipset will be featuring a prime ARM Cortex-X2 CPU core running at 3.0Ghz, three Cortex-A710 based in mid-cores clocked at 2.5Ghz and 4 other efficient Cortex-A510 derived cores running at 1.79Ghz.
