Google is reportedly planning to launch three Google Pixel smartphones running on Qualcomm’s latest processor Snapdragon 835.
A report by German website WinFuture.de recently revealed the data found on Google’s Android code discloses Google plans to launch three new handsets.
According to an image published on the website, the new models will be successors to Google Pixel and Pixel XL.
Google has code-named the three smartphones as Muskie, Walleye and Taimen.
The code appeared in the Google’ s Android Open Source Project mentions each handset by their code-name in comments with the CPU model MSM8998, also known as the Qualcomm Snapdragon 853.
To date, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset is only used in the Galaxy S8 smartphone.
Qulacomm in November unveiled the processor with Quick 4.0 technology. To recall, the chipset is based on Samsung’s 10nm FinFET process.
Earlier reports suggested Samsung had ‘dibs’ on the first batch of the processor for Galaxy S8, which is why other smartphone manufactures had to wait.
But now, future flagships of HTC, Xiaomi, Nokia, OnePlus, and now Google as well, could be reportedly seen powered by SD835 SoC.
Unfortunately, these firms might be unable to secure the next batch of Quaclomm’s flagship processor, speculated to be called Snapdragon 845, before Samsung again as Samsung has already begun developing the next-gen flagship chipset along with Qualcomm, according to The Korea Herald
