Qualcomm will next year accelerate the development of its portfolio of 5G mobile platforms across its Snapdragon 8, 7 and 6 series. The company said it has over 150 5G designs launched or in development to date and that it wants the extended portfolio rollout to make more 5G experiences, such as next generation camera, video, AI and gaming, accessible to all smartphone users worldwide. The Snapdragon 7 Series 5G Mobile Platform will have 5G integrated into a SoC (System-on-Chip). Twelve global OEMs and brands including OPPO, realme, Redmi, Vivo, Motorola, HMD Global, and LG Electronics, plan to use the new integrated Snapdragon 7 Series 5G mobile platform in their future 5G mobile devices. The integrated platform began sampling to customers in the second quarter. Qualcomm will now speed up the the commercial readiness of the platform to the fourth quarter, with devices launching soon after that. The Snapdragon 6 Series 5G Mobile Platform should become commercially available in the second half of 2020. The new software-compatible mobile platforms will take advantage of the Snapdragon 5G modem-RF System. Qualcomm explained that Snapdragon’s expanded portfio of 5G mobile platforms will support all key regions and frequency bands, including mmWave and sub-6 GHz spectrum, TDD and FDD modes, 5G multi-Sim, Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and Standalone (SA) and non-standalone (NSA) network architectures. Qualcomm noted that its Snapdragon 8 Series already powers the leading 5G mobile devices introduced this year. More details about the next generation Snapdragon 8 Series 5G Mobile Platform will come out later this year.
