Snapdragon's new flagship chip is here, and a large number of Android magic machines are already on the way!

Hey, I didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly.

Here's the thing, didn't we just analyze a wave of this year's mobile phone market a while ago, considering that the flagship chips launched by chip manufacturers last year were quite powerful, so I came to the conclusion at the time: If you want a mobile phone to use for several years, it's best to buy it now.

You buy it, I recommend it, I buy it, I really buy it, and the day after I finished writing this article, I liked to mention a Xiaomi 14 Ultra.

As a result, the phone hasn't been very hot yet, just this week, five months after the release of Snapdragon 8 Gen3, Qualcomm has brought us a new chip - Snapdragon 8s Gen3, after learning about this chip, I found that the phone was still bought early...

The reason why I say this is because whether it is last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen3 or the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 just released this time, they are all class-leading existences, and mobile phones equipped with these two chips have the potential to become a new generation of "nail households".

Needless to say, the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 is one of the strongest chips in the Android camp at the moment.

As for the Snapdragon 8s Gen3, this is the first time Qualcomm has released a Snapdragon 8 series chip with the "s" suffix, and many people may wonder what its position is in the Snapdragon chip, how does the performance compare to the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, and whether it is an upgrade.

Let's put it this way, this chip is very special, because when Qualcomm defines it, it is completely based on the preferences of the "I want it all" party, to decide what features it should have, as a new generation of flagship, Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is simply tailored for us, and it has everything we want.

First of all, I believe that many people choose a mobile phone, the first thing to pay attention to must be its performance, after all, performance to some extent determines how long a mobile phone can last, is the key to whether the mobile phone can become a "nail household".

Want performance, right? OK give!

The Snapdragon 8s Gen3 uses the same CPU architecture as the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, and the CPU part is composed of 1 ultra-large core, 4 performance cores, and 3 efficiency cores, except for the frequency, both cores are the same, which are ARM's latest Cortex - X4, A720, and A520.

This puts its performance and power efficiency on par with the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, and is definitely worthy of its status as the flagship of the 8 Series.

But to be honest, there are not a few powerful chips on the market, one more Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is not much, and one less is not a lot, but this is not over, Qualcomm deliberately added a little fierce material to this chip, so that it supports real-time ray tracing based on hardware acceleration.

Yes, it's literal ray tracing, which can present more realistic shadows, light reflections and lighting effects, and is paired with the Adreno Image Motion Engine 2.0, which can process the game from the bottom of the chip, and can super-frame the game to 8K 120fps.

Of course, in addition to performance, imaging is also the focus of various manufacturers, since mobile phone imaging into the era of computational photography, the computing power requirements for image signal processors, that is, ISPs, are getting higher and higher, so we can see that some manufacturers have begun to develop their own image chips or image architectures.

If you want to ask what we expect from the image?, there is no doubt that I want to take pictures and videos, night scenes and portraits are taken into account, and the stronger the better, even if some people don't like to take pictures, usually just take the mobile phone to scan a code, should not refuse the manufacturer to scan the code for the mobile phone to speed up, right?

Therefore, in the image area, Qualcomm also gave us a direct fill this time!

Like the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 has a cognitive 18-bit triple ISP, which can process billions of pixels of massive data per second, and the 18-bit ISP can directly capture more than 4,000 times more image data than the traditional 14-bit ISP, which can bring the ultimate dynamic range and color performance to the picture.

What is this concept?

With an 18-bit triple ISP, you can shoot up to 200 million pixels, record up to 8K 30fps HDR and 4K 120fps HD slow-motion video, and shoot with three cameras at the same time for simultaneous recording and smooth zoom.

Obviously, such a strong photo and video recording specification is a proper T0 level in the Android camp, and I can already imagine the picture quality party staring at 200 million pixel photos and 8K video hair~

It is worth mentioning that each of its ISPs also has the ability to "cognitive", which can achieve 12 layers of real-time semantic segmentation, identify such as faces, hair, clothes, sky and grass, etc., and then optimize them independently, so that photos and videos can be enhanced in real time.

It can even intelligently remove reflections from glasses, and it also supports low-light shooting, which can greatly improve the yield rate in low-light environments.

In a word: in the image part, Snapdragon 8s Gen3 The quality is completely top, I believe that as long as the mobile phone manufacturers are willing to pile hardware on the image and give algorithms, then the mobile phone equipped with this chip, its image ability can reach the flagship level.

If someone doesn't care about the imaging capabilities of the phone, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 also supports a camera that is always perceived, which can achieve fast face unlocking, mobile payment and other functions, allowing you to scan the code to pay one step faster~

In addition, all of you must have noticed that in recent months, almost all mobile phone manufacturers have begun to roll up AI, and laid out their own AI models, and some manufacturers have even landed hundreds of AI functions on mobile phones, this year can be called the first year of AI mobile phones.

Not to mention anything else,Personally, I really like the "AIGC intelligent expansion" function provided by Xiaomi on the 14 series,It can expand and automatically compose photos with poor composition,Because you can't guess what the picture will expand into,So every time you use this function, it's like opening a blind box~

The so-called AIGC refers to the use of AI to generate content, including but not limited to text and pictures, some AIGC is directly run on the device side, that is, the mobile phone locally, and some are uploaded to the cloud for processing, if you choose to run locally, it will test the computing power of the chip.

Qualcomm launched the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 last year, which allows mobile phones to run large models with up to 10 billion parameters locally.

In addition, the Hexagon NPU, a newly designed neural network processor for generative AI, also supports the use of CPUs and GPUs to participate in AI computing, which can take advantage of different processors to balance performance and energy efficiency without affecting battery life.

Even Qualcomm has packaged almost all mainstream AI frameworks and AI tools together to create a dedicated AI software stack, and with its newly launched AI Hub model library, developers can successfully deploy various AI models to mobile phones with very little effort.

It can be said that a large part of the reason why these Android mobile phone manufacturers collectively made efforts to AI at the end of last year and made such great progress in just a few months is because upstream chip manufacturers like Qualcomm are "opening the way and building bridges" behind the scenes.

However, at present, it seems that most of these AI functions launched by various mobile phone manufacturers are exclusive to flagship phones, and even last year's flagship can only enjoy some of these functions.

And now, we finally have more options.

The Snapdragon 8s Gen3 perfectly inherits the AI capabilities of the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, and it also supports large models with up to 10 billion parameters, which means that phones equipped with this chip can also enjoy the latest and complete AI features, and I can already foresee a large number of AI phones emerging on the market.

The first AI phone for young people, why bother with Snapdragon 8 Gen3~

Speaking of which, I found a very common phenomenon - I don't know why, when we buy a mobile phone, we have paid little attention to some basic configurations on the mobile phone, such as its 5G and WiFi connection capabilities, but in fact, these basic configurations still affect the daily use of the mobile phone.

For example, what we usually encounter, the mobile phone has no signal, the network speed is slow, and the WiFi is easy to disconnect, which may not be a network problem, but the pot of the mobile phone or the chip itself.

In this connection, it is an old business that Qualcomm is good at, probably considering that if this chip does not play well, it will accidentally hit its own signboard, so even if we don't care, or don't pay so much attention, it is also very real to give everything that should be given to Snapdragon 8s Gen3.

The modem and RF system on which this chip is carried, which is commonly known as the "baseband", is the Snapdragon X70.

It can give phones 5G download speeds of up to 10Gbps and peak upload speeds of up to 3.5Gbps, and can theoretically support all 5G commercial bands, and it also introduces AI processors to optimize 5G connections, reduce signal latency and ensure network stability.

The FastConnect 7800 mobile connectivity system not only supports Wi-Fi 7, but also supports Qualcomm Wi-Fi 7's proprietary high-frequency concurrency function, which allows mobile phones to connect to two high-frequency Wi-Fi channels at the same time, achieving superimposed network speeds while reducing interference with other devices.

Of course, you have to use this function with a router equipped with a Qualcomm chip to maximize the effect, Xiaomi BE7000 priced at 799 yuan to find out~

In terms of Bluetooth connection, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is also equipped with the Snapdragon Listening technology kit, which can realize spatial audio based on head tracking, ultra-clear video calls, and 16-bit 44.1kHz CD-level lossless Bluetooth connection.

Its unique speaker amplification technology even reduces distortion for a stereo sound that surpasses that of mobile phones.

I feel that the Xiaomi 10s, which is known as the "strongest music phone", may not be in a position to protect itself.

The Snapdragon Seamless cross-platform technology it supports can realize the seamless connection of multiple devices across multiple operating systems, and mobile phones can be interconnected with PCs, tablets, and smart watches, and even link with AR glasses and cars in the future.

In short, look at it all the way ahead,I believe it is not difficult for friends to find,Snapdragon released by Qualcomm this time8s Gen3,It's really all-round,Qualcomm gives it various characteristics in terms of performance、Image and AI,It's all practical,It's not false at all,It can be seen that it's really full of sincerity。

Of course, the price of the phone equipped with this chip will be sold at that time depends entirely on the mobile phone manufacturers, but I will put the words here - the future mobile phones equipped with Snapdragon 8s Gen3 are bound to be very buckets, and even they will bring us great surprises in some aspects.

Don't believe it, according to the news, the first model equipped with this chip will be the mid-to-high-end Xiaomi Civi 4 Pro, the main camera light and shadow hunter 800, Leica co-branded decentralization, in addition to the isodeep micro curved screen, metal frame, it also has a small telephoto, a large battery and high-speed fast charging, just seeing these I'm hungry...

Of course, in addition to Xiaomi, other manufacturers such as iQOO, Honor, and realme's new phones are also on the way.

In fact, this is not the first time Qualcomm has refined its product line, last year it divided the Snapdragon 7 series into three levels: the "medium cup" with balanced energy efficiency, the "big cup" with advanced experience and the "super cup" with outstanding performance.

Whether you like to take photos or play games, whether you have a big or small budget, you can find a phone that suits you.

Following the Snapdragon 7 series, Qualcomm has screened out the flagship features we care about to the Snapdragon 8s Gen3, which is bound to help manufacturers create detailed and differentiated flagship products.

After the expansion of the layer, the Snapdragon 8 series, which is positioned as a top-level flagship and innovation benchmark, is like a powerful engine, leading the mobile phone to a higher and stronger level every year, while the "new generation flagship" Snapdragon 8s Gen3, which is positioned as a smart and all-round flagship with a series of practical features, further refines the flagship performance and experience.

With one rush and one stability, and dual engine drives, maybe the Android phone experience will soon usher in another leap forward.