Recently, 5G infrastructure among mobile network operators has been gradually expanding in many countries. However, for such an investment to make sense, customers must have telephones that support this type of connection. A very important step is to include units that support 5G in phones from the medium or low price range. The premiere of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 processor will certainly be a step in this direction.
This unit was officially presented by the manufacturer. It is an octa-core processor that works with the Snapdragon X51 modem supporting 5G. The featured Snapdragon 480 is the first processor in the Snapdragon 400 series to support 5G. In terms of performance, it is a relatively average unit, while the 5G support using this processor is definitely interesting and this makes it unique. In addition, it is worth mentioning that Snapdragon 480 supports screens with a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. The first phones with the new Qualcomm's unit should hit the market in the first quarter of 2021.