# Qualcomm will announce the new Snapdragon 870 5G chipset today

URL: https://technosports.co.in/qualcomm-will-announce-new-snapdragon-870-chipset-today/  
Published: 2021-01-19  
Updated: 2021-01-19  
Author: Raunak Saha

In December last year, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 888 flagship mobile SoC and that surprised everyone as we expected that it would have launched a Snapdragon 865 Plus successor i.e. a Snapdragon 870 series chipset.

It seems as per the reliable tipster @stufflistings or Mukul Sharma, Qualcomm will announce a new mobile SoC today that will sit between Snapdragon 865 Plus and the new Snapdragon 888.

> [Exclusive] in all likelihood, Qualcomm will announce a new processor today. It'll sit between the 865 Plus and the new 888.[#Qualcomm](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Qualcomm?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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> — Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) [January 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/stufflistings/status/1351468083647377408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

This should obviously be a 5nm based Snapdragon SoC and it was kind of coming as Samsung and MediaTek are going on announcing a lot of smartphone chipsets. As confirmed again by Mukul Sharma, it is the Snapdragon 870 chipset.

> 870 it is.[#snapdragon870](https://twitter.com/hashtag/snapdragon870?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/8s8ztjwGyO](https://t.co/8s8ztjwGyO)
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> — Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) [January 19, 2021](https://twitter.com/stufflistings/status/1351471652903632896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

This is an interesting move by Qualcomm and obviously, the new chipset will be having 5G support. After having [beaten by MediaTek](https://technosports.co.in/2020/12/25/mediatek-overtakes-qualcomm-to-lead-the-smartphone-chipset-market-for-the-first-time/) recently, Qualcomm seems to launch more chipsets as the competition seems aggressive a lot more than ever.

Most probably, we will see the new Snapdragon 870 feature on a Motorola Edge S smartphone and we will share all details of the new chipset after launch. So, keep an eye here!!