The Snapdragon 855 chipset from Qualcomm is ushering in a decade of 5G speeds and it's expected to be in a majority of the Android flagship phones in 2019.
The new chipset was unveiled at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii as a means to catch up to Apple's impressive A12 Bionic chipset. Qualcomm is promising twice the performance over a competitor 7nm chip – obviously referring to the iPhone XS chip.
The new Snapdragon chip platform goes hand-in-hand with the first 5G smartphone today. It's a reference design meant to provide a roadmap for companies to use Qualcomm's technology. You won't be able to buy it, but it's very telling of what's to come in the future from Samsung, OnePlus and other companies.
Better video, enhanced security, and more to come
The first Snapdragon 855 specs indicate that it'll use computer vision image signal processor to snap better photos and videos. It's promising to change the way you take photos and video, which means you'll be able to get the perfect snapshot the first time around.
Qualcomm also announced the launch of a 3D Sonic Sensor. The company has been working on an in-screen fingerprint sensor solution based on ultrasonic technology.
Ultrasonic fingerprint sensors are said to be superior to the optical under-the-glass tech out there now. And Qualcomm's plans for it are finally coming to a head with the Snapdragon 855. Its 3D Sonic Sensor will be ready to be used in phones in first half of 2019.
That could mean we'll see an in-screen fingerprint sensor in the next Samsung phone, expected to be the Samsung Galaxy S10, and several other major Android phone in 2019. What we can tell you is that we fully expect every major Android phone to have the newly announced Snapdragon 855 chipset and support 5G. This is likely to be in the Samsung Galaxy S10 first and then launch in other rumored phones like the LG G8, Moto Z4, Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Google Pixel 4.
from TechRadar: Phone and communications news http://www.techradar.com/news/snapdragon-855
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