No overclocking on Snapdragon 888 as Snapdragon 888 Plus Headed
More phones with Snapdragon 888 processor is on their way, Xiaomi 11 Pro, Realme Koi, OPPO Find X3, OnePlus 9, Redmi K11/K40 Pro, etc. are in 2021 to launch products equipped with Snapdragon 888 chipset and compete for flagship supremacy.
Qualcomm has officially released the Snapdragon 888 processor chip in early December, and the Snapdragon 888 SoC will be the core support for flagship Android phones in 2021, and several OEMs have confirmed that they will launch Snapdragon 888-powered phones in the first quarter of 2021.
The Snapdragon 888 features 1 x 2.84GHz (ARM’s latest Cortex X1 core) + 3 x 2.4GHz (Cortex A78) + 4 x 1.8GHz (Cortex A55), a GPU of Adreno 660, X60 5G modem baseband, supports WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2.
Today Weibo blogger Digital Chat Station news, Snapdragon 888 Plus is currently tentative, but also because the second half of 2021 ready to come out of this, Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 maximum frequency written dead to 840MHz, the purpose is to prevent manufacturers secretly overclocked. For example, the Xiaomi 11 parameter page shows Snapdragon 888 with Adreno 660 graphics processor, which can reach a maximum frequency of 840MHz.
Redmi K11 codenamed Haydn (Snapdragon 888 Powered)
With the release of Xiaomi 11, all the Snapdragon 888 models of each family have surfaced recently. According to another news from the same source, Xiaomi’s own new Redmi Snapdragon 888 machine has also been entered into the network, and the machine may become one of the cheapest new Snapdragon 888 machines in the same period.
The official announcement of the machine has not yet been made, but according to the usual, the new Redmi Snapdragon 888 machine should belong to the Redmi K40 series. This was previously revealed by a blogger with a suspected Redmi K40 series hands-on diagram and some configuration information. The Redmi K40 will have a centered perforated display design, with a small front camera opening, and the other side of the screen seems to have excellent control of the bezel, which looks like a high screen-to-body ratio.
The back of the machine continues the overall design of the Redmi K30s, with slight changes to the details, equipped with a large-eyed rectangular four-camera module, the flash is located on the left side of the camera module.
According to the report, the Redmi K40 series will still launch two models, the Redmi K40 standard version will be equipped with a replacement chip for the Dimensity 1000+, while the Redmi K40 Pro will be equipped with Snapdragon 888, both phones will be equipped with OLED displays that support 120Hz refresh rate.
It’s also worth mentioning that there’s the word that the Redmi K40 series will come a little earlier than in previous years. Interestingly, the new Redmi Snapdragon 888, codenamed Haydn and model name is Redmi K11, has been confirmed by Weibo blogger digital chat station and is likely to be one of the cheapest new Snapdragon 888s of its time. Redmi K40 series renamed to Redmi K11? Or a new series coming?
