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Smartphone news: all the news coming in 2021

At the end of an unpredictable year it seems that the smartphone market is recovering, recovering the months of decline and projecting itself towards a 2021 full of news.

The Handelot Times Issue 24, March 2021 4 min read

At the end of an unpredictable year it seems that the smartphone market is recovering, recovering the months of decline and projecting itself towards a 2021 full of news.

According to the forecasts for the new year (and to the first trimester revenues) smartphones with a more powerful processor and screens with One of the technologies that will push the performance of flagship Android smartphones in 2021 is surely the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor with integrated connectivity for 5G, fast charging at 100W and the ability to take around 120 photos per second at a resolution of 12 megapixels. The Snapdragon 888 - initially expected as the 875 model - is the chipset that sets itself as the new standard for top-of-the-range devices and arrives as a successor to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 launched at the end of 2019.

During 2021 the new processor is expected Adopted by major brands, including Samsung, OnePlus and Xiaomi. The beginning of 2021 has brought Xiaomi’s new top of the range and will therefore be the first smartphone with Snapdragon 888 processor to be marketed. This primacy will be even more evident if the Xiaomi Mi 11 smartphone were to come out on December 29 2020, as some rumors reported by GSMArena would suggest. As for the specs assumed so far, Xiaomi Mi 11 Pro could have a 6.76inch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and a 55-watt fast charge.

In addition to the flagship model, the most interesting and awaited news from Xiaomi are two: the first model of the Chinese company with a folding display and the first model with a camera under the display. an ever-higher refresh rate await us, as well as ultra-fast charging for batteries and new models with foldable and extendable displays. Among the brands that will enter into direct competition with the Samsung Galaxy Fold we will also find Xiaomi, Google and Oppo: a guarantee for a year of transformations.

The rest of this article is in the magazine Continue in issue 24

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