Snapdragon 898 will be released in December, or rather Qualcomm will unveil it in that month. The first smartphone to integrate it will not be Xiaomi 12, but one Motorola according to rumors. The successor of Snapdragon 888 certainly promises well even if its competitor MediaTek Dimensity 2000 he does not let himself be talked about behind. But having said that, we may already know what the problems Snapdragon 898. Well yes, months after the presentation and even more after the release of the first device, the overheating already makes itself felt. In the true sense of the word.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 898 SoC will most likely suffer from the same problems as the Snapdragon 888. One above all: overheating
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 was hot processor (in every sense): on the one hand it was the first 5 nm SoC of the company and therefore much talked about, on the other hand it was literally hot. Overheating has been a major smartphone problem with this SoC and, unfortunately, rumors indicate that its Snapdragon 898 successor could suffer from the same problems.
According to the Korean informant fronttron, Qualcomm's next Snapdragon 898 processor will be developed with the technology of 4LPX process, which is practically one variant of the previous 5LPP. What does it mean? Watching these informations, we will understand that the technology is the exact same as Snapdragon 888. So we draw the conclusion that the Snapdragon 898 will inherit the flaws of its ancestors. In the plural, since we also speak of high energy consumption.
It will then be up to manufacturers to find ways and other components to help dissipate the heat. In his way Xiaomi seems to have foreseen the future and in fact presented LiquidCool loop. However, it is a negative point for a platform that has to compete with others such as Exynos 2200 which thanks to Samsung's 4LPE technology can have a more encouraging result.
What do you think about it? Do you think companies will buy this processor or will they reach out to MediaTek?
