Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 870 with a similar design to the 865 and 865 Plus, clocked at 3.2GHz, making it about 10% faster than the 865
What we know Qualcomm : Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform Qualcomm : Qualcomm Announces Boosted Snapdragon 870 5G Mobile Platform Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : Qualcomm Revamps Snapdragon 865 Again, Calls It Snapdragon 870 Holger Eilhard / NextPit : Snapdragon 870: Qualcomm surprises with “new” smartphone chip Sumit Adhikari / Android Headlines : Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 870 5G SoC With A 3.2GHz CPU Mark Hachman / PCWorld : MediaTek's powerful Dimensity 1200 smartphone CPU will challenge Qualcomm Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers : The OnePlus 9 Lite, Redmi K40, and Motorola's flagship Moto G will likely have Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 870 Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat : MediaTek's Dimensity 1200 crunches 5G, AI, and image data at the edge Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Qualcomm repackages last year's flagship SoC as the “Snapdragon 870” Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech : Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon 870: An 865++? Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE : Qualcomm expands chip lineup with Snapdragon 870 mobile processor Digital Photography Review : Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 870 is essentially a 865+ with minor speed, graphics improvements Pranob Mehrotra / XDA Developers : Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon 870, a souped-up version of the Snapdragon 865 Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 870 is an ‘almost-flagship’ chip for Android phones Nick Gray / Phandroid : Qualcomm unveils a second flagship chipset for 2021 Nadeem Sarwar / Pocketnow : Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 870 SoC is a curiosity, and a sign of exciting things to come! Paul Lilly / HotHardware.com News : Qualcomm Unveils Amped-Up Snapdragon 870 5G For Premium Android Phones Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 tweaks last year's chips for 2021 phones; confirmed for OnePlus Sascha Segan / PCMag : Qualcomm Snapdragon 870: The OnePlus 9's Chip Revealed? Hadlee Simons / Android Authority : Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 announced: A Snapdragon 865 Plus Plus Manuel Vonau / Android Police : The Snapdragon 870 is nothing but a slightly tweaked 865 Plus Tweets: @qualcomm : Proud to introduce the latest member of the #Snapdragon family: the Snapdragon 870 #5G Mobile Platform. With boosted CPU performance, you'll get revved-up #AI and gaming experiences. Learn more: https://www.qualcomm.com/... https://twitter.com/... Frankie Herrera / @frankie_tech : Damn, could this chipset be Qualcomm admitting they botched the SD 888?! I kinda wish I had this chipset in my #Mi11 or #IQOO7 instead! 😹 https://twitter.com/... Ron Amadeo / @ronamadeo : Qualcomm repackages last year's flagship SoC as the “Snapdragon 870” https://arstechnica.com/... Avi Greengart / @greengart : Wish this had the X60 modem like the 888, but this is a way for @Qualcomm to extend the life of last year's flagship SoC and help keep premium price points down https://twitter.com/... @gsmarena_com : Motorola confirms Edge S is coming January 26 with new Snapdragon 870 https://www.gsmarena.com/... Juan Carlos Bagnell / @somegadgetguy : I'm definitely with @anandtech on this one. I wish Qualcomm would stick to a consistent naming pattern for their SOCs. What are your thoughts on the SD870? Is this the “upper middle tier” replacement for the 765? https://www.anandtech.com/... Lance Ulanoff / @lanceulanoff : Not the 888, but still faster than Snapdragon 865. It's an inbetweener mobile CPU https://www.theverge.com/...