With the biggest mobile event of the year, MWC 2022, underway in Barcelona, we have already seen new launches from Samsung, Realme, and many others. And now, one of the biggest mobile chipmakers Qualcomm has taken the wraps of its latest Snapdragon X70 5G modem at the trade show. This modem supports both sub-6GHz and mmWave frequencies, is the world’s first modem to include a 5G AI processor, and up to 10 Gbps 5G download speeds.
The Snapdragon X70 5G modem arrives as a successor to the Snapdragon X65, which is found on the recently launched Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship chipset. Qualcomm says that Snapdragon X70 5G is the “world’s only comprehensive 5G modem-RF system family capable of supporting every commercial 5G band from 600 MHz to 41 GHz.” This allows the phone makers to offer the desired 5G band coverage in partnership with telcos on their next-gen phones.
Though Qualcomm doesn’t explicitly mention it, we all know that Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 will have the new Snapdragon X70 5G modem-RF system onboard. The company says that we can expect commercial mobile devices with this modem to launch by late 2022. So stay tuned for more information and hope that 5G spectrum auctions and the commercial rollout happen in India by 15th August, as rumored.
