With the blessing of the third-generation Snapdragon 8, the major flagships are like tigers, and these three high-end representatives are worth buying
Not long after Qualcomm launched the third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship core, major mobile phone manufacturers also responded and successively launched high-end flagship models equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8 around 2024, kicking off the flagship war. The new processors have achieved new breakthroughs in many areas, not only in terms of performance, but also in terms of AI, while optimizing in terms of power consumption. So which third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship is the most worth buying? The author also recommends three very popular models for you.
OPPO Find X7 Ultra
On January 8 this year, OPPO launched the Find X7 series, bringing two models, Find X7 and Find X7 Ultra, which is also the first time that the Find series has appeared with the name Ultra. In terms of core hardware, the Find X7 Ultra is equipped with the third-generation Snapdragon 8 mobile platform, and the RAM and flash memory are system-1, both LPDDR5X and UFS4.0. For example, under the setting of "Honor of Kings" 120 frames + extreme image quality, Find X7 Ultra frequently breaks out in team battles in the late game, the frame rate does not fluctuate, the game picture is smooth and silky, and it has a good gaming experience.
In terms of imaging, the Find X7 Ultra pioneered the use of dual periscope lenses, and at the same time, on the basis of inheriting the "correct tone" concept of the Find X6 series, it further pursued the "delicate tone" performance. In layman's terms, the Find X7 series can better record the transition between light and dark of objects in shooting, and more accurately restore various delicate light and shadow relationships in the scene. And brought a double periscope quad main camera system.
At the same time, the full coverage of the focal length has been completed——14mm、23mm、65mm、135mm 4 Genshin Impact focal lengths,Among them135mmIt is the first time that the camera has innovated a portrait close-up focal length belonging to moving images,Compared with the previous 6X zoom achieved through sensor cropping,The new ultra-light periscope telephoto provides 100% higher picture quality in 6X variable focus through native optical zoom。
In terms of battery life, the Find X7 Ultra is equipped with a large 5000mAh battery, which supports 100W wired and 50W wireless flash charging, and is equipped with a 100W charging head, which can basically say goodbye to battery life anxiety. In terms of price, the starting price of the Find X7 Ultra is 5999 yuan.
iQOO 12 Pro
The iQOO 12 Pro is a third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship gaming model with a straight screen, forming a "performance iron triangle" with the full-blooded version of LPDDR5X and UFS 4.0. For gaming performance, thanks to the new Snapdragon Elite Gaming, the third-generation Snapdragon 8 can bring TOP 0 gaming features to the iQOO 12 Pro, supporting hardware-accelerated ray tracing, which can simulate the reflection of light in dynamic gaming environments, bringing lifelike visual effects.
The iQOO 12 Pro is powered by a Samsung 2K E7 144Hz full-sense display, which can create a more immersive gaming experience for gamers. It is worth mentioning that the iQOO 12 series has once again become the official KPL competition machine, and has jointly formulated a new generation of KPL competition machine test standards with KPL officials, refreshing the existing test content, adding a new control dimension, and building a more professional and perfect industry standard
In terms of imaging, the iQOO 12 Pro uses a flagship-level periscope telephoto lens, which achieves an effective 64 million pixel output without cropping. Through excellent hardware and industry-leading image quality optimization algorithms, it can achieve sharper telephoto image quality. Moreover, the machine also has a built-in NICE neural image computing engine, which is based on the standard image processing process research and development of astronomical telescopes and high-end microscopes in the scientific research field, rewrites the ISP image algorithm from the bottom, and does reverse operation and deblurring through AI algorithms and according to the imaging characteristics of the lens to achieve noise reduction and detail enhancement of the picture.
With the help of the NICE algorithm in the periscope telephoto lens, the iQOO 12 Pro can easily achieve 10x HD zoom and a maximum of 100x zoom. With the Snapdragon Sight technology supported by the 3rd Gen Snapdragon 8, the iQOO 12 series can truly deliver photos at your fingertips, whether it's telephoto, night scenes, portraits, or sports scenes. In terms of price, the starting price of the iQOO 12 Pro is 4999 yuan.
Xiaomi 14 Pro
As the first third-generation Snapdragon 8 flagship, the Xiaomi 14 Pro has attracted a lot of attention since its release, and the new Xiaomi new device has increased the peak CPU performance by 30% and reduced the power consumption by 34% with the blessing of the third-generation Snapdragon 8, and the peak performance of the GPU has increased by 35%, and the same power consumption has decreased by up to 38%. In addition, Xiaomi has also cooperated with Qualcomm to achieve instructions processing for 1000 tokens in only 2.2 seconds. At the same time, thanks to the powerful CPU and GPU performance, and the specially designed Hexagon NPU, the third-generation Snapdragon 8 can achieve up to 10 billion-level AI large model end-to-end deployment.
In terms of imaging, the Xiaomi Mi 14 Pro's main camera is the Light Hunter 900. The remaining lenses are Leica 75mm telephoto lenses and Leica 115 ultra-wide angles. And with it comes the Leica classic Summilux lens.
As for the software level, the Xiaomi Mi 14 Pro brings a unique tone of Leica Classic and Leica Fresh. In the Xiaomi 14 Pro, not only can you experience the classic style in an original way, but also choose from bright styles to meet the aesthetic needs of different people. As for the price, the Xiaomi 14 Pro arrives at 4999 yuan.