On December 1, Qualcomm announced the highly anticipated Snapdragon 888 chipset. Major smartphone companies have already announced that their flagship smartphones are coming with this new processor. Earlier today, Meizu took to Weibo to announce that the first batch of new Meizu products will get the Snapdragon 888 chipset.
This new smartphone from Meizu most likely to be a successor of the Meizu 17 series, which is rumored to be called Meizu 18 series. The Weibo post reveals does not reveal the actual launch date but teased that it will launch in the spring of 2021.
Past rumors suggest that the Meizu 18 will feature a 3K OLED display, stereo speakers, and dual-line motors. It is said to have a 48-megapixel primary shooter at the back with ZEISS optics. The smartphone may support 120W fast wired and 45W wireless charging.
Highlights of Snapdragon 888 chipset includes – 5nm architecture, Adreno 660 GPU, Snapdragon X60 modem, SA/NSA dual-mode, mmWave millimeter wave, Sub-6GHz, Octa-core (1×2.84GHz Cortex-X1 + 3×2.4GHz Cortex-A78 + 4×1.8GHz Cortex-A55 cores).