Despite the fact that mobile telephony has become an industry giant with a brutal competition, the average prices of phones have gone up in too many situations, and the blame, at least in the high end of 2019, has not been of manufacturers.
Qualcomm is a company which, without having a monopoly in the market of smartphones and mobile devices, it exerts pressure is very high given that its rivals cannot achieve the levels of efficiency and power of their processors. With the exception of Apple, who plays in another league, the chips of the american company are the only choice for mobile brands who want to use the best processors in their handsets in high range.
The decision of the company not to sell its Snapdragon 865 except that the buyer also acquired the modem 5G has made a large part of the mobile 5G high-end 2019 and 2020 have risen substantially in price with respect to its predecessors. This explains, in part, the difference in price of a mobile phone as the Little F1, and the F2 Pro.
The Snapdragon 875 will be much more expensive than the 865
And in 2021 this is not going to improve precisely. The first rumors of the price of the new processor high-end of Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 875, indicate that will double the cost of the Snapdragon 865.
So, we spend about 125-150 dollars to about 250 for the processor which will be launched in the second half of 2021, but that we will not see in smartphones trade up to 2021.
It is noteworthy that these figures are not yet confirmed, but could be explained by the change of architecture of the 7 nm from 865 to 5 nm of the 875 and the inclusion of a built-in modem that will support the two bands of 5G, mmWave and sub-6GHz.
One of the other reasons that may increase the costs is the adoption by Qualcomm of a fast charge compatible with their processors that would come to 100 W. These figures have been seen in prototypes for companies such as Xiaomi, but still not at a commercial terminal. The faster that you can buy in Spain is the OPPO Find X2 Pro, with 65 watts of fast charging.
Worst components, or more expensive prices for the best mobile 5G
With this frame of mind the mobile manufacturers have two options: or increase the final cost of their devices or save on other itemsas the cameras. This is what that looks like, who is studying to Xiaomi, already in 2020 has risen substantially, the price of their terminal flagship store and doesn’t want to do the same the next year.
In the mid-range or mid-high manufacturers have the option of choosing other chipsets such as the Exynos of Samsung and Dimensity of Mediatek, but the best mobile company Qualcomm remains the only option to deal with Apple.
We will have to wait to the first mobile phones with this processor to see if finally the prices have risen with respect to 2020.
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