According to convention, when the new flagship processor is released, the old processor will be eliminated and the new one will no longer be installed. But there was an accident this year. After the release of Snapdragon 888, OPPO Reno5 Pro+ still carries Snapdragon 865 processor, and then @ Digital chat Station said that a number of new phones will be equipped with Snapdragon 865 this year.

After the release of Snapdragon 888, Snapdragon 865 is still the mainstream processor, and the reasons behind it have aroused netizens' speculation. Thinking of the recent rollover performance of Snapdragon 888, some netizens said that there may be something wrong with the performance and power consumption of Snapdragon 888, so some manufacturers still choose Snapdragon 865.

Indeed, many media evaluation results show that the improvement of Snapdragon 888 is not obvious compared with Snapdragon 865. Even some Snapdragon 865 overclocking models perform better than Snapdragon 888 under certain circumstances. But this view should not be true, although Snapdragon 888 does not perform very well now, after optimization and adjustment, it is certainly better than Snapdragon 865. Just like when the "Fire Dragon 810" overturned seriously, manufacturers did not choose to use Snapdragon 801, it is more reasonable to speculate that Snapdragon 865 should be used as a sub-flagship chip.

In the Android flagship marketQualcomm IncIt still has a leading edge, but the middle and low end of the market is almost completely occupied by MediaTek, and the Tianji series processors have no rival. There have been many revelations that Qualcomm Inc will launch sub-flagship processors such as Snapdragon 860, Snapdragon 870 and Snapdragon 775 to compete with MediaTek, but today, these processors still do not have accurate information.

In a discussion with fans, @ Digital chat Station revealed that MediaTek had only one 6nm sub-flagship chip in the first half of this year, and 5nm + flagship chip would be released in the second half of this year, indicating that MediaTek will abandon the 5nm process. The exposed GeekBench score shows that the performance of MediaTek 6nm chip is similar to that of Snapdragon 865.

Therefore, instead of designing a new processor, it is better to use the flagship processor of previous years as a secondary flagship. And the manufacturer has optimized and adjusted Snapdragon 8651, the technology is more mature and the performance release is better. Of course, there may also be another reason, that is, Snapdragon 865 has a large inventory and needs the help of these manufacturers to clear the inventory.

For consumers, Snapdragon 888 chip has just been commercially available, the cost is relatively high, and the price of mobile phones equipped with this processor will be relatively high. The Snapdragon 865 model has already begun to reduce the price, and the Redmi K30S Supreme Commemorative version is even as low as 2599 yuan, perhaps the price of the Snapdragon 865 model will enter within 2000 yuan. As for Snapdragon 888, it is one of Android's flagship processors.

Source: Ray Technology