The Snapdragon X85 is the new modem that Qualcomm has presented this week in the framework of the MWC25. The chip will motorize the platform Dragonwing FWA Gen 4 Elite (The first FWA platform in the world with capacity for advanced networks 5g Advanced) and will be able to offer 5G 5G of high performance necessary for the experiences of hybrid and agthic.
Snapdragon X85 is designed for feed the next generation of connected and enabled applications for AI Fourth generation. To do this, Qualcomm promotes two major advantages of its new modem: descending link speeds of up to 12.5 Gbps and 40 NPU processing power tops.
Modem offers faster speeds for streaming, downloads and loads without interruptions, greater network reliability in congested areas, a longer battery life and improved location accuracy for a improved location for a General user experience superior to that of their predecessorssaid Durga Malladi, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Technological Planning and Qualcomm Edge Solutions: Qualcomm:
«Qualcomm X85, the most advanced Mod-Entering System, is designed to provide the best 5G experiences. For smartphones, it allows speed levels, energy efficiency and reliability that will only be available on Android Premium devices ».
In this regard, Qualcomm said they are working with the wireless global ecosystem, infrastructure, regulators and operators such as China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, Google, Kddi, NTT Docomo, T-Mobile and Verizon that will offer 5G solutions with the new modem.
Qualcomm X85 and the “divorce” announced with Apple
The Qualcomm Modems division has been a flourishing business, since the company is the main world supplier of mobile communications and sells its solutions to Android mobile manufacturers and also for Apple iPhone.
But Apple, with the objective of reduce its dependence on external suppliers In most of the electronics he uses, as he has already done as Apple-A processing engines, he has been hiring specialists and investing to develop his own modem, something that has been completed on the recent iPhone 16E and its C1 chip.
This launch has not unnoticed in Qualcomm and fear that, as analysts say, The supply of modem-rf systems Snapdragon 5G to Apple ends in 2027. Coinciding with the launch in Barcelona of the Qualcomm X85, the CEO of Qualcomm, Cristiano Amon, believes that its development will be the winner against Apple:
«If the modem is relevant, there will always be a place for Qualcomm technology. In the AI era, the modems will be more important than ever. And I think that will promote consumers’ preference on whether they want the best possible modem on the device they have in hand all the time ».
Qualcomm head goes further and ensures that consumers will take it into account when they have to choose between buying an Android mobile or an Apple iPhone: «The X85 is the first modem that has so much that the performance rank of the modem really increases, so the modem can deal with weaker signals. What will do that will establish a big difference between the performance of the Android Premium devices and iOS devices, when comparing what Qualcomm can do with what Apple is doing ».
It is clear that The divorce between Qualcomm and Apple is already on the mat and will be completed in just a couple of years. It is already spoken that the firm of Cupertino is developing a second generation of its own modem, Apple C2, which could be released on the iPhone 18.
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