Snapdragon 8s Gen3/Snapdragon 7+ Gen3 is coming, and a number of first models have been exposed
Not long ago, Qualcomm officially announced that it will hold a flagship new product launch conference with the theme of "Wisdom in the core, there is a dragon" on March 18, and it is expected that the new products will be Snapdragon 8s Gen3 and Snapdragon 7+ Gen3 processors. On the eve of the press conference, the media and digital bloggers also further disclosed the specifications of the two processors, of which the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 uses the same architecture as the Snapdragon 8 Gen3, based on TSMC's 4nm process process, although it has an "S" in the naming, but the positioning is lower, consisting of 1 3.01GHz X4 + 4 2.61GHz A720 + 3 1.84GHz A520, and the GPU is Adreno 735, the main frequency is reduced, there is one less A720 performance core, and one more A520 energy efficiency core, and it is expected that the power consumption control and battery life performance will be better.
The positioning of the high Snapdragon 7+ Gen3 is more like a smaller "Snapdragon 8s Gen3", consisting of 1 2.9GHz X4 large core + 4 2.6GHz A720 + 3 1.9GHz A520, the frequency of each core is lower, the GPU is Adreno 732, and the Antutu running score is about 1.7 million. Overall, the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 is positioned as a flagship, the Snapdragon 8s Gen3 is more of a sub-flagship, and the Snapdragon 7+ Gen3 is a mid-range. After the release of the processor, the corresponding models will also arrive, so what are the new opportunities to be equipped with these two new processors first?
OnePlus Ace 3V
At present, OnePlus has officially confirmed that it will launch the third-generation Snapdragon 7+, and the model that debuted this processor is the OnePlus Ace 3V that has been warming up recently. Judging from the actual pictures released by Li Jie, the front of the new machine adopts a centered hole (1.5K super retina screen), a right-angled middle frame, and a four-sided positive effect, while also retaining the three-stage button design. As for the back, it can be seen from the exposed renderings that the four queens are a vertical row of three camera designs, the flash surrounds the third lens, and the material is a plastic middle frame + glass back cover, and there is a high probability that it will provide two colors of black rock and blue glaze.
In terms of configuration, in addition to the Snapdragon 7+ Gen3, the device also offers 16GB of RAM, a 5500mAh dual-cell battery, and supports up to 100W fast charging. In order to further unleash the performance of the mobile phone, Ace 3V will also add the exclusive research and development of the "Tidal Architecture", under the deep empowerment of AI, it will not only decentralize AIGC and AndesGPT, but also fully squeeze out the potential of the processor, and the official measurement of "Genshin Impact" The highest image quality is 1 hour of data, and the average frame rate can maintain 59.7 frames. In addition, OnePlus Ace 3V also claims to challenge the "Eight Crowns of Mid-range Mobile Phones", as for which 8 championships, it is estimated that only the press conference will know.
小米Civi4 Pro
Recently, Lu Weibing revealed on Weibo that he was busy with the next new phone release, and responded to some news about the new machine, suggesting that Xiaomi Civi product manager Xin Xin will be the next mobile phone new product launch conference, but this new product is not the "Civi 4" that everyone is looking forward to, which caused netizens to speculate, whether Civi will change its name? Among them, some netizens speculated that when it was named Xiaomi 14 Youth Edition, it was denied by Xu Fei, general manager of the marketing department, so many netizens that the new machine may be a stronger Xiaomi Civi4 Pro.
The warm-up time for this new machine may be on March 21, this time the processor ushered in a big upgrade, equipped with Snapdragon 8s Gen3, some configurations are the same as Xiaomi 14 Pro, such as congruent deep micro curved screen, Leica image, etc., and may also use 3x telephoto, the rear main camera is 50 million pixels, built-in 5000mAh or more battery capacity, support 100 watts fast charging. The material is metal middle frame + glass body. The phone as a whole still maintains a good feel of thinness and lightness, and if you may feel that the Xiaomi 14 Pro is a little heavier, then the Civi4 Pro may be more suitable for you.
iQOO Z9 Turbo
Unlike the Xiaomi Civi4 Pro, which focuses on appearance and image, the iQOO Z9 Turbo, which is also equipped with Snapdragon 8s Gen3, focuses on high-energy configurations and is expected to be released in April. According to the earlier revelations, the machine uses a 6.78-inch 1.5K domestic OLED straight screen, support144Hz refresh rate, full high-frequency dimming, and short-focus fingerprints under the screen. The rear 50 million pixel outsole dual camera solution is equipped with a 6000mAh large battery and supports 80W fast charging.
In addition to the high-energy version, there are two low-end versions, including iQOO Z9 (equipped with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, 6.78-inch 1260p OLED straight screen, built-in 6000mAh battery + 80W fast charging), iQOO Z9X (equipped with Snapdragon 6 Gen1 processor, 6.64-inch 1080p LCD straight screen), which is currently "complete with three certificates" and is expected to be officially released in April. From the perspective of positioning, the iQOO Z9 standard version will be based on the thousand-yuan mobile phone market, and the iQOO Z9 Turbo should be around the price of 1999 yuan.