We have already talked about the fact that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 was not the most successful chip. The situation of overheating and throttling is complicated. It became the successor to the Snapdragon 888 and can be proudly called the “stove”. Everyone at Qualcomm understands this; That is why they are in a hurry with the release of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus; which should work on the bug.
This should be done thanks to TSMC’s more mature 4nm process technology. Samsung also intends to provide Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus in its future flagships. well-known insider ice universe Fans of the company are delighted with the news that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 will receive the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Plus as the hardware platform.
I’m glad that common sense prevails, and the company will introduce a chipset that has fewer problems with heat dissipation. This is also justified from the point of view of the design of foldable devices; Where the tight space of components is important to free a chipset from overheating problems.
Galaxy Z Flip4 and Fold4 will be more powerful than most flagships
The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Galaxy Z Flip 4 should be unveiled in August and there is practically no information about them at the moment. It is only known that the capacity of the clamshell battery will increase slightly and the volume will increase to 3400 mAh.
Strategy Analytics has published the global smartphone market data for the first quarter of this year. It is reported that shipments of smartphone devices decreased by 10.9% compared to the first quarter of 2021.
The end result was 313.5 million units. Analysts say the decline is due to several factors: these are manufacturing difficulties, a shortage of electronic components, as well as an unstable economic environment. Smartphone demand has been falling year-on-year for the third consecutive quarter.
The market leader is Samsung with 23.8% share. It is noted that this is a record first quarter result for the South Korean giant over the past five years.
Also, Apple is in second place with a share of around 18.2%. In addition, the third place went to the Chinese Xiaomi, which showed a result of 12.4%.
It is followed by two more Chinese developers – Oppo and Vivo: in the last quarter their shares were up 9.5% and 8.1%, respectively. All other smartphone vendors together account for 28.0% of the market.