In December last year, Qualcomm introduced the new flagship Snapdragon 865 chip. This event took place at the annual Snapdragon Tech Summit. The first smartphones with this chip on board have already debuted, but only Xiaomi Mi 10, Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro and Realme X50 Pro 5G reached the store shelves. But very soon, the flagships of the Samsung Galaxy S20, iQOO 3, Sharp Aquos R5G and other models will join them.
In the wake of the advent of smartphones based on Snapdragon 865, Qualcomm chip maker decided to name those models that will offer the flagship SoC. In his press release, they said that global manufacturers such as ASUS, Black Shark, Fujitsu, iQOO, Lenovo, Nubia, Oppo, Realme, Redmi, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Vivo, Xiaomi and ZTE have chosen the Snapdragon 865 mobile platform for their first 5G-smartphones.
Qualcomm promises 70 devices based on Snapdragon 865, 19 of them are named
Please note that Meizu, OnePlus, LG and HMD Global are not mentioned in this list, which also has to release their devices with a flagship chip on board.
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- iQOO 3
- Black shark 3
- Nubia Red Magic 5G
- Oppo find x2
- Lenovo Legion
- Realme X50 Pro
- ASUS ROG Phone 3
- Redmi k30 pro
- Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20 + / S20 Ultra
- Sony Xperia 1 II
- Sharp Aquos R5G
- Xiaomi Mi 10 / Mi 10 Pro
- ASUS Zenfone 7
- Vivo Apex 2020
- ZTE Axon 10s Pro
- FCNT arrows 5G
But this is not a complete list of smartphones that will be based on the Snapdragon 865 platform. According to Qualcomm, more than 70 devices based on this platform are currently being developed. In addition, 1750 devices are at the design stage, which will be based on chips from the 800 Snapdragon series.
It is worth mentioning that recently, a screenshot of the AnTuTu result of the Xiaomi Black Shark 3 (based on Snapdragon 865) has shared by the brand’s CEO on his official Weibo page. The device bears blackshark SHARK MBU-Ao codename, so it’s the high-end Black Shark 3 Pro 5G. It will launch alongside the vanilla Shark 3. The device scored 620,952 points which is undoubtedly the highest score recorded so far by any smartphone on the platform. Before now, the iQOO 3 was reputed to have the highest score at 597,583 points. The ROG Phone 2 was a follower with its 507,051 points.
