Snapdragon 836 will never arrive and we will have to wait for 845

[OyaYansa]

In recent years, it was common for Qualcomm's launch schedule to have two key dates. The first of them, around the month of March-April, announcing the arrival to the market of its high-end processor for the corresponding year. The second, in the last quarter, to announce a new intermediate chip between the generation of that year and the next one.

This was done last year, when the Snapdragon 821, a processor with slight improvements over 820, was announced in the second half of 2016. This year it was hoped that Qualcomm would do something similar with Snapdragon 836, temporary successor to 835 which equip mobiles like the Xiaomi Mi 6, LG V30 and OnePlus 5.

Finally it seems that it will not be so. According to sources quoted by XDA, the Qualcomm 836 will never see the light, so we will have to wait at least the first quarter of 2018 to see a new high range by the US company. It is a surprise that can mean several things.

The first possibility is that there simply are not enough improvements available to justify the launch of a new processor. The second, many that will arrive with Snapdragon 845 and in San Diego (California) have decided to focus on the development of the chip that is expected to equip the Samsung Galaxy S9

This news has an immediate consequence for the mobile that must leave in the remainder of the year, such as the Pixel 2. It means that they will come to market with Snapdragon 835, a processor that are already available on mobile phones that were announced in February, for which are now much cheaper. The Pixel 2 will come at a high price that does not match the power they offer with respect to other devices like the LG V30, which we have already had a chance to try.

Do not forget that a mobile SoC is much more than it seems. Not only does it ensure the fluidity and power of a smartphone, it also manages the camera or connections, especially wireless ones, more widely. That is why with each new generation of chips we have better Internet connection speeds.