Vivo may unveil its Samsung 5G Exynos 980 powered phone tomorrow

Last updated: Nov 6th, 2019 at 09:38 UTC+01:00

Samsung announced the Exynos 980 mid-range chip ii months ago. It's the first mobile processor from the company to feature an integrated 5G modem. This solution will enable 5G connectivity to trickle downwards to more affordable devices.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Vivo had confirmed that it was working on a smartphone that will be powered by the Exynos 980. Samsung and Vivo have scheduled a press conference in Beijing tomorrow where this device is likely going to be unveiled.

Samsung and Vivo to bear a joint press briefing tomorrow

Information technology appears that the first smartphone to utilise Samsung'due south integrated 5G modem is non going to be one from the Korean giant itself. The "vivo 10 Samsung 5G AI chip press conference" has been scheduled for tomorrow in Beijing where the handset, believed to be the Vivo X30, might become official. Even if Vivo doesn't really unveil the device tomorrow, we'll certainly go to hear more details about their partnership with Samsung.

Samsung has based the Exynos 980 on its 8nm FinFET process engineering science. It features an octacore processor with ii two.2Ghz Cortex-A77 cores and six 1.80GHz Cortex-A55 cores. The chipset also features a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU. There's support for UFS ii.1 storage and WQHD+ (3360×1440) display, in improver, to support for a single 108MP camera arrangement or a 20MP + 20MP dual photographic camera arrangement.

The chip features an onboard neural processing unit for AI tasks. It should allow for enhanced AI-based camera features, content filtering, user authentication and more than. What stands out about this flake is its integrated 5G modem. It supports everything from 5G down to 2G and is also compatible with the new Wi-Fi half-dozen standard.

Samsung previously said that it will begin the mass production of the 5G Exynos 980 by the end of this year. So it'southward possible that the Vivo device it volition debut in may non hit the market for several weeks. Samsung'due south own devices may beginning featuring this scrap from early next twelvemonth.