Qualcomm has its own smartphone, working with Asus on it
American society Qualcomm is primarily a manufacturer of chips for smartphones from other manufacturers, but has now introduced its own model. According to the portal GSMArena it was created in cooperation with a Taiwanese manufacturer Asus and is not intended for regular customers.
Smartphone for Qualcomm fans only
Qualcomm identifies the device as Smartphone for Snapdragon Insidersbecause it will be available to 1.6 million fan enthusiasts from the company’s online forums. However, the price of the smartphone will not be low and it will cost the fan $ 1,500. Along with the smartphones, it will also receive TWS headphones with the Snapdragon Sound function from Master & Dynamic, a durable case, a Qualcomm Quick Charge 5.0 power adapter and two charging cables.
The parameters of the device are, of course, top notch. The front belongs to the 6.78-inch AMOLED display from Samsung with a resolution of 2448 x 1080 pixels and a refresh rate of 144 Hz. The screen is protected by the new Gorilla Glass Victus tempered glass and supports the Always-on display function. Like Sony smartphones, it has no cutout and no hole for the 24-megapixel selfie camera, which is located in the upper frame.
The most powerful chipset and camera with artificial intelligence from Qualcomm
On the back is a second-generation Qualcomm’3D Sonic Sensor fingerprint sensor and a camera with three sensors. These consist of a primary 64-megapixel sensor with f / 1.8 aperture, a 12-megapixel ultra-wide sensor with f / 2.2 aperture and an 8-megapixel telephoto sensor with 3x optical zoom. The camera uses artificial intelligence from Qualcomm to track the subject.
The performance of the Android 11 system is taken care of by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 chipset with 16 GB LPDDR5 RAM and internal memory of the UFS 3.1 type with a size of 512 GB. Endurance is ensured by a battery with a capacity of 4000 mAh and support for Quick Charge 5.0. This should charge it to 70% capacity in 30 minutes and to 100% capacity in 50 minutes. The weight of the smartphone is 210 grams. The novelty will go on sale in August.
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