Over the years, we've gotten used to two smartphone SoCs (system-on-a-chip) battling for dominance: Apple's A series of chips and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8xx series. But Huawei's new smartphone chip, the Kirin 980, is poised to usurp that duopoly. The presentation started with a list of world firsts for the Kirin 980, and it was a pretty long list. It's the first smartphone chip built with a 7-nanometer process and the first to feature ARM's Cortex-A76 CPU as well as its new Mali-G76 GPU. If the Kirin 980 lives up to these promises, the Mate 20 will be one fast phone.
Every major new smartphone launched at IFA 2018
Giant tech show IFA isn't normally known for a glut of smartphone launches, but we've seen a number of new handsets arrive at IFA 2018 in Berlin, Germany and we've been hands on with them all. Below you'll find our round-up of the best smartphones at IFA 2018, giving you your mobile fix in one place. Sony Xperia XZ3The biggest smartphone launch at IFA 2018 was the flagship Sony Xperia XZ3, which boasts a new design from the Japanese giant. Read our hands on review: Motorola OneBlackBerry Key2 LEBlackBerry is still going, and the famous QWERTY keyboard got more accessible at IFA 2018 with the new, lighter edition Key2 LE. Read our hands on review: BlackBerry Key2 LEHonor PlayWe already knew the Honor Play existed before IFA 2018, as the phone had been previously launched in China, but its global launch took place in Berlin.
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