Compared to the 835 which was also put to use in the same form factor, the Snapdragon 850 sports more compute power allowing you to perform more intensive tasks. The key upgrades in the 850 over the Snapdragon 835 come down to the better Kryo 385 CPU which can now go up to 2.95 GHz, faster Gigabit speeds which now have an increased cap of 1.2 Gbps and a more optimised power profile that allows for multi-day battery life just like smartphones.
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7990. As per a survey conducted earlier this year, Qualcomm found that 22% more respondents were willing to pay for Gigabit LTE, a number that now stands at 60% vs 38% last year. In a similar vein, 27% more respondents vs last year are willing to pay for 20+ hours of battery life. The Snapdragon 850 is Qualcomm’s solutions towards meeting those needs.
OEMs
A platform is only successful if there are multiple OEMs willing to adopt it into their offerings. At the Computex 2018 press conference, Samsung was the first to announce a Snapdragon 850 powered windows 10Where to buy 7990 machine that will retail ‘later this year’. ASUS, HP and Lenovo are also reportedly joining in. As the year goes by, expect even more OEMs to jump on the 850 bandwagon.