Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon smartphone costs more than a Galaxy S21 Ultra

The Galaxy S21 Ultra is arguably the best Android smartphone around, offering the right mix of features and performance. Now it has a new competitor in the form of the Snapdragon smartphone for insiders. Yes, this is the name of Qualcomm’s first smartphone. The device has high-end specifications and is co-designed and manufactured by ASUS.

Snapdragon Smartphone for Insider packs in the latest technologies from Qualcomm

Qualcomm unveiled its first smartphone, the Snapdragon Smartphone for Insiders (EXP21), earlier today. It features a minimalist design but contains high-end specs. It has a 6.78 inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD + resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, 1200 nits peak brightness (during HDR10 + playback), DCI-P3 color gamut coverage of 111.23%, always-on display and Gorilla Glass Victus protection.

It runs Android 11 out of the box (with the original Android UI) and is equipped with the Snapdragon 888 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM, and 512GB of UFS 3.1 storage. Although the Snapdragon 888+ is Qualcomm’s latest flagship chipset, it is not used in this smartphone as ASUS started designing it a few months ago. It features high-quality dual stereo speakers and a 3D Sonic Sensor Gen fingerprint reader. 2 mounted at the rear.

The Snapdragon smartphone for insiders features a 24 MP front camera and a 64 MP + 12 MP + 8 MP triple camera setup on the rear. The 64MP camera uses the Sony IMX686 and OIS sensor, while the 12MP ultra-wide camera uses Sony’s IMX363 sensor with dual pixel autofocus and doubles as a macro camera. The 8MP telephoto camera has OIS and features 3x optical zoom. The main and ultra-wide cameras can record 4K 60fps video, while the main camera can also record 8K 30fps video.

It’s powered by a 4000mAh battery, which feels small for such a high-end smartphone with a large, high refresh rate display. It comes with a 65W Quick Charge 5.0 charger that can recharge the phone battery up to 70% of its capacity in 30 minutes. Other features of the phone include dual band GPS, 6E Wi-Fi, mmWave and 5G sub-6 GHz, Bluetooth 5.2, NFC, a USB Type-C port and a smooth Snapdragon logo on the back. It weighs 210g and measures 173.15 x 77.25 x 9.55mm.

It comes with a special pair of premium true wireless headphones ($ 299 Master & Dynamic MW08 with aptX LL), two braided USB Type-C cables, a 65W Quick Charge 5.0 adapter and a specially designed bumper case. . The set costs $ 1,500, which is $ 300 more than the launch price of the Galaxy S21 Ultra. It will launch in August in China, Germany, Japan, Korea, the United States and the United Kingdom, followed by India.

Would you buy the Snapdragon smartphone for Insider on the Galaxy S21 Ultra?

The main focus of this smartphone is to showcase all the latest Qualcomm technology, including Snapdragon 888 processor, Quick Charge 5.0, Qualcomm aptX Adaptive and Snapdragon Sound, and Qualcomm Game Quick Touch. However, it is not the only phone to have these technologies. Plus, it costs a lot more than most other high-end Android smartphones.

If you had the chance, would you buy it instead of the Galaxy S21 Ultra? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.