Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 will be installed in the next Find-X flagship

Qualcomm recently announced the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 smartphone processor. And OPPO has already confirmed that it will power the upcoming Find X flagship next year.

Qualcomm always holds events in Hawaii towards the end of the year. This happened again this year and prompt became the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen1 presented.

OPPO confirms the use of the new Snapdragon SoC in 2022

OPPO was of course right there with a few other companies. They announced that the next Find X flagship will get the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 next year. No further details were given about the Find X4 Pro or the Find X5 Pro (they may skip a number next year). What is clear is that it will be released in the first half of next year as expected.

What can the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 do?

Qualcomm promises 20 percent better performance and 30 percent better efficiency for the new Snapdragon SoC. (Image: Qualcomm)

The new naming runs through all new and future Snapdragon chips. A very controversial new feature, the "Always-On-Camera", caused a lot of privacy concerns after the announcement. Personally, I think one should wait and not paint the devil on the wall too soon. Maybe it can be very practical.

The new Snapdragon also brings many innovations in gaming. Such as support for the Unreal Engine 5. (Image: Qualcomm)

Gaming has always been Snapdragon's strength. The latest "dragon" also has new gaming features, such as volumetric rendering or VRS PRO. This means that you can render a game in 1080p, but thanks to these new technologies it still looks like you are playing with a QHD+ resolution.

Close relationship with Qualcomm: how much longer?

“We launched several 5G smartphones this year powered by a Snapdragon flagship cellular platform, including the Find X3 series. We are very happy to be part of the launch of the new Snapdragon® 8 generation. And we are convinced that it will bring significant improvements and high-performance performance for the new generation of flagship smartphones. "

Scott Zhang, Vice President Overseas Sales at OPPO

That all sounds very promising. But OPPO has apparently been working on its own SoC for mobile devices for several years. Internally, this is apparently called "Project Mariana". There is a lot of potential in an own SoC.

Advantages would be, for example, lower production costs and longer software support. We should see the OPPO SoC in a smartphone as early as 2023. Will the manufacturer release the last Snapdragon smartphone next year? I personally don't think so. OPPO will probably only use its first own SoC in a high-end product. The cheaper models will continue to rely on Snapdragons or Dimensitys from MediaTek. In the past, these were mainly responsible for sufficient performance in the Reno devices.

In any case, it remains very exciting about OPPO and your own SoC. But now one thing is certain: Snapdragon will continue next year.

What do you think of OPPO's future plans and of course the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1? Let me know in the comments.