So Qualcomm has made their latest flagship processor the Snapdragon 865 official a couple
of days ago.
It will have a 25% faster CPU, and 20% faster GPU than its predecessor the 855.
Also, there's support for 144Hz display, 200MP camera modules, and support for 5G in dual
SIM configurations, as well as improvements in the efficiency of the chip.
All in all, the way I see it, it's going to be a better processor again compared to its
counterpart the Exynos 990 that Samsung has developed.
As usual, the Galaxy S11 will have both the Snapdragon 865 and Exynos 990 which one you'll
get depends on where you live.
That said, here's the interesting part of the Snapdragon 865 that the Galaxy S11 will
come with.
Qualcomm has decided to issue the GPU driver updates for this chip via the Play Store.
Yes, you heard that right.
now you can download the GPU driver updates with just a click on your mobile phone similar
to what you do on your laptops and PCs.
Earlier what used to happen is, the graphics driver updates generally only come alongside
larger OS updates that your phone receives once a year and that really sucked.
But with Project Mainline that Google announced earlier this year, where the intention of
Google was to make sure the updates are more modular and less dependant on the OEM itself,
now we're not going to have to wait for the OEM to issue an update.
Qualcomm can directly issue the graphics update through the play store just like how these
companies do for laptops.
Of course, these updates will be first offered to specific smartphone makers to test it against
their phone but even then this will make sure you receive the latest update quicker than
before.
Now you might ask, what exactly is the point of this?
Well, updating the graphics driver frequently would help in rectifying game crashes, or
to optimize the chipset to new games or to simply add new features.
It's a great initiative which will make sure the user experience will get better.
The thing is this is only applicable to the new chipsets or the future chipsets.
The older SoC's like the 855 isn't capable of doing this.
So a few weeks ago it was speculated that the Galaxy S11+ will have a 5000mAh battery
and today we got a confirmation through a real-life image of the S11+'s battery itself.
It shows the phone will indeed have a 5000mAh battery.
Well, this is needed because the phone will have a 120Hz display and it measures 6.9".
On top of it, the S11+ is going to have 5G there won't be a 4G variant.
This doesn't mean it won't work with 4G, though.
It is also compatible with 4G too.
Anyway, these things will consume a lot of battery juice and 5000mAh I guess is the perfect
capacity to power this beast.
So a few months ago we saw a report that said the Galaxy S11 will have an increased ultrasonic
fingerprint recognition area.
Well, that was indeed true.
Qualcomm which makes the ultrasonic fingerprint scanners for Samsung has announced that they
are increasing the fingerprint recognition area by 17 times which will make sure the
unlocking experience is easy as ever.
Right now on Samsung flagships the unlocking area is really tiny so you need to put your
finger at a specific point otherwise it won't register your finger.
But thankfully that isn't going to be an issue anymore.
This also means that you can scan two fingers simultaneously for better security but I don't
see why anyone wants to do that.
Qualcomm also says they have improved the accuracy, the security as well as the speed.
Can't really wait to test this out on the Galaxy S11, speaking of which if you want
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