A new smartphone modem from Qualcomm has launched, boasting speeds of up to 2Gbps and giving us a glimpse of the 5G future we can expect to see rolling out on phones from next year.
The Snapdragon X24 LTE modem is not only the first modem to offer 2Gbps speeds, it’s also the first to use the 7nm FinFET process. That means it’s smaller and more efficient than the previous seven generations of the chip.
Qualcomm says that the fiber-like internet speeds that the X24 LTE modem is capable of will give us “mobile experiences such as immersive 360-degree video, connected cloud computing, rich entertainment and instant apps”.
