Why Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 instead of Snapdragon 875

The company was supposed to name its chipset, Qualcomm Snapdragon 875, but was instead launched as Snapdragon 888.

Recently the Qualcomm officially announced its next flagship mobile chipset, Snapdragon 888. The chipset is the successor to its previous model Snapdragon 865, last year. The company should have named its chipset, Qualcomm Snapdragon 875but instead it was released as being Snapdragon 888. The reason for this change is very interesting.

During a key note a Qualcomm stated that angel number 888 is the most premium name possible. This has a reason, in Chinese culture the number 888 symbolizes luck and prosperity, everything the company wants to continue to have, to continue its success.

A Qualcomm of the 14 partners, 12 are Chinese smartphone manufacturers. With the situation of the US-China trade war, the company clearly wanted to make a statement. And doing so ensures that none of this affects your relationship with your chipset sales. Being the option to choose the name of Snapdragon 888, their way of honoring their Chinese partners.

Xiaomi has already confirmed that its new Mi 11 will be the first smartphone with the new Snapdragon 888 SoC. Although its debut date is not yet known, information indicates that the smartphone could be official later this month.

Other companies have also confirmed the presence of the flagship Snapdragon 888 chipset on their smartphones, which they include Black shark, Nubia Red Magic, OPPO, The real me, LG, I live, iQOO is OnePlus.

At the opening conference of the Tech Summit Cristiano Amon, president, Qualcomm Incorporated, drew attention to the importance of technological development, especially with reference to 5G connectivity.

OR Snapdragon 888 integrates a Qualcomm 5G third generation modem: let’s talk about the solution Snapdragon X60 5G, able to offer compatibility with mmWave and sub-6 transmission technologies adopted by the main world operators. Not only that: this modem integrates support for the aggregation of 5G operators, support for global, autonomous and non-autonomous multi-SIM modes, as well as dynamic spectrum sharing.