With the continuous acceleration of domestic 5G network construction, I believe that many netizens already have stable 5G network signal coverage around them, and 5G has become a mandatory feature for almost all consumers to choose mobile phones. Compared with 4G, while the download speed of 5G mobile phones has been greatly improved, the ability of mobile phones to process data has also been greatly improved. Not only that, mobile games are also like a spark of fire, becoming a way of entertainment and leisure for many users around the world. And in order to bring users better game visual effects, mobile phone manufacturers have rushed to launch 2K + 120HZ high-definition, high-brush screens. In this environment, how to bring users a better experience of battery life has become one of the most concerned issues for mobile phone manufacturers and chip companies.
Some people think that improving the battery capacity of mobile phones is the best way to solve, changing the battery material can indeed improve the energy density of the battery, but this way is not obvious to improve the battery life experience of mobile phones, and due to the limitations of the size of the fuselage, increasing the battery volume will also violate the concept of "thin and light" mobile phones, so how to bring users a more efficient charging experience has become the key. In response to this question, Qualcomm has already given the answer.
In 2020, Qualcomm launched the fastest commercial charging technology Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 for Android terminals, which is a commercial charging protocol adapted to "power above 100W", which is 70% more charging efficiency than Qualcomm Quick Charge 4 and 4 times faster than the previous generation platform. Supports dual-charge/triple-charge technology, adaptive input voltage, battery health management, and Qualcomm adapter power recognition technology. It not only improves security to ensure the battery life of the user's mobile phone, but also maximizes the charging efficiency.
As Qualcomm's latest flagship chip, the new Snapdragon 8 also integrates the Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 charging protocol, which provides a flagship hardware platform for mobile phone manufacturers. So we saw the release of Xiaomi's flagship model Xiaomi 12Pro series, using a 120W fast charging program, iQOO9 Pro also supports 120W fast charging, and OnePlus 10Pro supports 125W fast charging. It is not difficult to see the flagship market in 2022, and most of the brand's flagship models will support flash charging technology of 120W and above. In terms of charging experience, according to the data announced by Xiaomi, the 120W speed mode can be filled with 100% of the power in about 18 minutes, and the conventional mode can be fully charged with 100% in 24 minutes, effectively solving the user's battery life pain points.
Not only that, because they are based on the Qualcomm Quick Charge 5 charging protocol, the chargers between different brands in the Android camp can also adapt to each other, and can achieve high-power flash charging, which also means that several colleagues or friends go out, only need to carry a charger, a charging cable can be, which saves a large number of mobile phones with less power and too lazy to take the charger.
Of course, in addition to the charging protocol, snapdragon 8 itself has been optimized in many aspects, such as the use of the new ARMV9 architecture, CPU performance of 20%, while the power consumption is also reduced by 30%. The new generation of Adreno GPUs consumes significantly less power at low to medium loads than the previous generation. In terms of AI, the new Snapdragon 8 has built-in Qualcomm Sensing Hub and a new ultra-low-power AI subsystem, which can cope with those scenarios that do not require full firepower but need AI to play a role, such as face recognition, camera scanning code, etc. with extremely low power consumption.
Whether it is AI, energy efficiency or charging protocols, Qualcomm is solving the battery life problem of the new Snapdragon 8 mobile phone in various ways, putting the consumer experience in the first place, and I believe that the release of the flagship machine of major mobile phone manufacturers in 2022 will not be too bad.