When you think of a smartphone it becomes difficult to quantify in percentage terms how much each single aspect that composes it, as a processor, deisgn, audio, camera etc .. affect the purchase of the device. We can not identify the percentages but we can certainly unbalance with the statement that the component linked to the CPU weighs significantly, so that all lovers of technical specifications Qualcomm offers a new series of chipset marked with the initials 700.
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But let's first specify one thing, namely the fact that the numbers of a given Snapdragon processor identify the belonging to a market segment in which the device will be placed equipped with this processor. For example, for entry-level phones (such as Xiaomi Redmi 5), it is likely to run into Snapdragon 200 or 400 series processors, while in the mid-range (eg Redmi 5 Plus), perhaps the most populated smartphone is sure to find an 600 series chipset . Finally, the so-called top of the range (Xiaomi Mi 6, Mi Mix 2) remain in which the Snapdragon series is distinguished by the 800 model. But we could see that often some devices on equal terms of hardware they manage to perform better than others, coming close to the upper band they belong to, and on this consideration Qualcomm adds the new Snapdragon 700 series which mixes the best features between 800 and 600 series.
As stated by the US company lA 700 series will offer twice the AI performance compared to those we are used to on the best models in the 600 series. In addition, Qualcomm states that the 700 series will keep most of the LTE connectivity speed, the Kryo CPU, the Adreno GPU, Hexagon DSP and ISP Spectra technical specifications typical of 800 series processors. Snapdragon 700 series will offer improvements up to 30% in terms of energy efficiency, performance and battery life (terms of reference compared to the 600 series), also offering the technology Quick Charge 4.0.
At this point smartphone makers, including Xiaomi, will have aless expensive alternative than the Snapdragon 800 series, to be used on future smartphones offering more or less the same features that would be expected from CPU defined top of the range. Before seeing, however, the first device equipped with the 700 series Snapdragon, we should wait for 2018 to end or at the very beginning 2019. Who will be the first producer to grab the title? Maybe Xiaomi could repeat as he did with the recent Redmi Note 5 Pro.
Will the new Snapdragon 700 series chips be affected by Specter and / or Meltdown like the 800 series processors or will they be safe?
Among other things, if I do a search for Specter or Meltdown on Xiaomi Today nothing comes out ... Nobody cares or you don't want to talk about it?