Qualcomm infuses AI support into Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 platform

Qualcomm is pushing out its second smartphone platform within a week, in this case an extension of its Snapdragon 7 series for high-end devices that are built to a lower price point than flagship premium smartphones. The Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 is, according to Qualcomm branding, a step up in features from the Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 …

[elsergiovolador]

Gatekeepers

Well, what is the point if you can't go on Mouser and buy it, no datasheets seem available, no SDKs, no toolchains.

Or am I missing something?

[Anonymous Coward]

Relative poerformance.

There seems to be a growing trend in the tech industry to compare the latest and greatest products with stuff from a couple of generations back, rather than directly comparing to the previous generation.

[mark l 2]

"...which means it is capable of downlink speeds of up to 4.2 Gbps on 5G networks, rather than the 5 Gbps or 10 Gbps supported by the Snapdragon 8 series."

Is anyone actually getting anywhere near to the maximum 4.2 Gbps 5G speed never mind 5 or 10 Gbps on their phone?

And the next question is even if you can get 5Gbps or 10Gbps what do you need that speed for?

Even if you're uploading a live stream 4K 60fps video that only really takes about 50Mbps of upload speed and watching a 4K video stream on your phone you can get away with half of that bandwidth.

And the largest mobile games are usually around 8GB which on a 50Mbps connection you could download in less than 3 minutes.

Maybe if you were using your phone as a wireless hotspot to provide internet to several devices then i could see having GB speeds useful, but this is surely the exceptional use rather than what most people are needing when out and about with your phone?

[elsergiovolador]

It's so that government can download and then replace your phone's content before your brain clicks and switches it off.