A key selling point of the Snapdragon 875 will be its support for 100W fast charging, says leakster Digital Chat Station. This will be marketed as a perk for gaming phones with large batteries as it will reduce the downtime between gaming sessions.
Qualcomm is expected to introduce the 875 in December and to have it ready for phones in Q1 next year. The chip is reportedly already being mass produced by TSMC on a 5nm node. It may use the new Cortex-X1 as its prime core, plus three Cortex-A77 for the big cores.(GSMArena, June 29) Ritesh Bendre's key takeaways:
- Fast Charging is becoming a standard on current phones, right from mid-range to premium, and demand will only increase with 5G.
- While different OEMs offer proprietary fast charging solutions, Qualcomm adding 100W support will be a good selling point for smartphones running on SD875.
- It will be interesting to see how fast charging will be; Xiaomi demonstrated its Super Charge Turbo solution last year, which charged a 4,000mAh battery in 17 minutes.
- Samsung also announced its 100W USB PD chip, and Vivo recently teased a 120W fast charging solution that fully charged a 4,000mAh battery in 13 minutes flat.
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