Snapdragon 888 was released very recently. Frankly, it's a revolutionary chip that delivers unprecedented performance improvements. During communication with the media on the first day of the event, Qualcomm answered many questions. Yes, the company clearly denied rumors about the creation of a gaming phone of its own brand.
Qualcomm president Ahn Meng explained that they have created many prototypes of public versions for their partners to better demonstrate the advanced technologies. He added that "we will continue to do this in the future. But they will never be sold on the open market."
Ahn Meng emphasized that these publicly available test models are not designed according to the standards of the consumer market. "In addition, we are not going to change the business model. Except for the technology demonstration, we will not use any drives to make smartphones."
Judging by the official photo, this year's Snapdragon 888 public reference machine has a wide forehead and a black chin. We mean that it is really far from the current dominant industrial form.
It will be recalled that back in October there were rumors that Qualcomm was developing its own smartphone. Then it was reported that ASUS will be responsible for the design and development of the equipment. We thought it was a smart choice because ASUS and its ROG division have long specialized in gaming products. Qualcomm, on the other hand, is said to have created an "industry-leading design" and software that runs on the Snapdragon 875 platform.
We've heard so many rumors about Qualcomm's smartphone that many of us were convinced that the next ASUS ROG phone and Qualcomm's gaming phone will most likely share common parts and components such as displays, memory, cameras, batteries and systems cooling.
To be honest, we thought Qualcomm would be unveiling the Snapdragon 875 chipset and its own gaming phone at this event. However, we have now received a completely different response from Qualcomm, which claims that it does not want to change the business model.
