Qualcomm has officially announced its new processor Snapdragon 821 .
Qualcomm says that Snapdragon 821 is the follow-up to the Snapdragon 820 processor which has been a leader in the mobile industry with over 115 premium smartphone and tablet device deployments, supporting the latest in cutting-edge mobile applications, and helping create more immersive user experiences while also being deployed in new and innovative ways, like supporting safer driving and navigation in cars.
The snapdragon 821 is engineered to deliver faster speed, improved power savings, and greater application performance.
It is engineered to deliver a 10% performance increase over the 820 with the Qualcomm Kryo quad-core CPU, reaching speeds up to 2.4GHz.
Qulcomm says that we can expect commercial devices powered by the 821 in the second half of 2016.
Androidpolice.com has reported that they believe it is extremely likely both of Google’s upcoming Nexus phones, Sailfish and Marlin, will be using the Snapdragon 821.
