T-Mobile Welcomes Samsung Galaxy S22 Series to Expand 5G Plans with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Chipset. With that, Ryan Sullivan, VP of Product Engineering, and Karri Kuoppamaki, Senior VP of Technology Strategy , sat down for another interview at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit in Hawaii to detail the operator’s 5G plans.
Qualcomm X65 5G modem for Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset
The interview was for Sascha Segan of PCMag, and it included a number of revelations regarding the expected performance of Qualcomm’s brand new X65 5G modem that ships with its Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chipset. With this, the chipset should be included in many. Android flagships in 2022, including the Samsung Galaxy S22 series.
As for the much touted Verizon mmWave 5G concerns, it’s currently just a few candles on T-Mobile’s “5G diaper cake” instead of a full diaper, according to PhoneArena story. . With that, the post reported that it was not clear to them whether T-Mobile was just trolling or if they were really giving up when it came to mmWave speeds.
T-Mobile 5G Tech theoretically capable of 10 Gbps
T-Mobile is currently the only 5G technology that is theoretically capable of delivering speeds of 10 Gbps at which Qualcomm’s brand new X65 modem is rated. This means that T-Mobile’s speeds are able to exploit the full potential of the X65 modem.
Another question, according to the PhoneArena article, is whether users would need 10 Gigabit 5G speeds on their phones for the foreseeable future. For example, even 8K streaming video chat doesn’t really need that much bandwidth.
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T-Mobile to call its 5G plan the “Magenta Max”
T-Mobile executives mentioned during the interview that their best 5G plans will be called “Magenta Max”, allowing users to continue to maximize 4K streaming. Either way, now it looks like the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor will not only have a more advanced 4nm production node among other mobile chipsets, it will also be able to score the best 5G modem from Qualcomm. .
The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is now shaping up to be at the forefront of 5G connectivity, according to PhoneArena, and has become customary for Samsung’s flagship phones which generally continue to beat iPhones thoroughly in this regard. With this, the publication said that even iPhone 13 models will still have to compete with Qualcomm’s X60 generation model.
To add, even the latest iPhones weren’t able to beat Samsung’s Galaxy phones. With this, the Samsung Galaxy S22 models can be used to take advantage of the Qualcomm X65 modem’s 5G three-carrier aggregation as soon as AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile start enabling the technology on their next-generation networks.
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