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Every year a new Snapdragon emerges from the darkness & with it comes significant upgrades.

Here are 10 of the most awesome upgrades we're going to see in 2020 when it comes to flagship smartphone devices rocking the NEW Qualcomm Snapdragon 865.

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10. the new Qualcomm Kryo 585 Octa core CPU

Now I'm not going to get too techie with this, but what you need to know is it has a 25 percent faster performance than last year's Snapdragon 855 chipset, so that's going to affect a lot of things when it comes to the performance of your device.

Everything from AI, load speed, read and write speeds and efficiency.

9. The new Qualcomm Adreno 650 GPU.

The graphics processing unit now delivers 25 percent better performance than last year. And with this 25 percent performance boost, things are going to be even faster. As well as this step up in performance speeds, the Snapdragon 865 will be 35% more energy efficient.

8. The 5th generation Qualcomm AI Engine

This new AI upgrade makes the SD865 two times more powerful than the 855 and it can perform 15 trillion operations per second whilst using very low power.

AI relates to a lot of things in a smartphone, but the most obvious one is the Google assistant and Qualcomm have introduced their sensing hub, which allows the device to be constantly listening. Constantly, always on how can even make use of the cameras using really, really minimal power. And this can be useful for loads of things. But anyway, onto the next one.

7. Qualcomm 3D Sonic Max

Biometric security, super important. And it's about to get even more secure with the brand new Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor Max, which can now scan two of your fingers instead of one and actually takes up way more space on the screen so you don't have to be in exactly the right spot to unlock your device. And then if you want to step up the security a bit more, you can use the two-finger authentication. So it'd be interesting to see how quick this rolls out into new technology.

And also with this new security feature, pretty soon we might see passports and driver's licenses able to be loaded to your device and be used as actual genuine documents. And that's a pretty big game-changer if that ever happens.

6. Qualcomm 2and Gen X55 5G Modem

5G is about to get even faster if it wasn't fast enough already. So with the Snapdragon 865 you'll be able to get 7.5 gigabits per second download speeds and it will support frequency bands including millimeter wave, sub six, TDD, FDD, and dynamic spectrum sharing.

Just to make it really clear, no matter where you are, if there is 5G, this Snapdragon will make the most of it.

5. 144Hz Display Support with Desktop Forward Rendering.

As well as that it has a game colour plus software, which will improve and enhance existing games, which will make them look much, much better. So that's pretty awesome. Number four, the Qualcomm Adreno GPU is the first-ever GPU on a mobile device that has the ability to be updated via the Google play store.

So in the past, GPU drivers could only be updated with software updates from Google directly. But now with the Google play store updates being available as of when the GPU needs to be updated. You don't have to upgrade your entire firmware, and that is a pretty big deal. I can't wait to see what kind of impact this has when it comes to gaming on devices.

3. Two Gigapixel Camera Speeds

The camera on Snapdragon 865 devices will have up to two gigapixels per second speeds. What this means is this much faster at capturing photos and videos and the speed in which it can work. It can film 4K video at the same time as taking 64-megapixel photos.

So if you want to capture the perfect photo, you can literally just film it in 4K and then choose the frame that you want instead of just pointing and clicking, which means you'll probably be able to get much better photos. I can't wait to see this in action. What great feature.

2. 8K Video Capture.

So 8K TVs are starting to hit the shelves nowadays in a few years probably they will be the norm, but your phone from 2020 should you have a Snapdragon 865 device, will be able to shoot 8K video, which is really, really awesome. I wonder which company will be the first to introduce this onto their smartphone and as well as that 8K capture, you will be able to shoot videos in Dolby Vision, which is better than HDR 10. Basically what it has is lots more metadata attached to the video files that allow it to have better contrast, better detail, and just generally a better video right across the board with.

200 Megapixel Camera Sensor Support

Number one, for me, is the 200 Megapixel camera sensor support. That is just insane! I can't wait to see how good photos are going to be with a 200 Megapixel camera sensor. I've got an idea of what brand I think going to launch this first, but let me know what you think in the comments below.

So that's been my top 10 upgrades on the Snapdragon 865. There is so much more technical information on the Snapdragon 865 but I wanted to keep it really concise for you guys. Just so you know what to expect from the awesome new Qualcomm 865 chipset.

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