Due to some production limitations of the Snapdragon 835 this early in the year, a lot of the smartphones showcased at MWC 2017 were using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 SoC. Many were upset at the news that LG's main flagship of the year would be using an SoC from last year. They were essentially forced into doing this because they wanted to start mass production before the Snapdragon 835 could be made available to them. However, this hasn't stopped other OEMs like Sony and Motorola from showing off new devices that will use Qualcomm's latest chip.
At MWC we saw Sony show off the Xperia XZ Premium and now we're learning about a mysterious Motorola smartphone that will also be using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 SoC. This device was first shown at an event in New Orleans where Sprint wanted to show the company's gigabit LTE capabilities. This is in part possible thanks to the technology Sprint uses and Motorola's engineering team. Motorola's CVP of Global Product Development Shakil Barkat was at the event to talk about the unnamed device and its capabilities.
Mr. Barkat said this Motorola device will be the first to include three-carrier aggregation as well as 256-QAM capabilities with four MIMO antennas included. This isn't an easy feat to pack inside of a smartphone but Sprint's 2.5 GHz spectrum actually made it easier since their technology allows for smaller antennas. So this, combined with some unique antenna technology that Motorola has been developing for "several years," enabled them to reach these types of speeds with a smartphone right now.
In tests with various prototypes, Sprint has been able to reach average downlink speeds of between 700 and 900 Mbps. It also seems that gigabit smartphones will be an emerging feature this year as a Qualcomm representative confirmed at least four, but up to seven, smartphones will be debuting in the United States this year with gigabit capabilities. If you have limited data on your plan, you better be careful!
Source: Wireless Week
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