We keep hearing about the Snapdragon 835 – mostly about how lack of availability means few phones will have it until the summer. But how much are you missing out if you get an early 2017 flagship that opted for the 821 or a different chipset?
There are no phones with the 835 yet, the first one to hit the market should be the Samsung Galaxy S8. Still, Qualcomm has a reference platform that can be benchmarked.
First, let’s quickly cover the differences between the Snapdragon 835 and 821 since they are quite significant. The 821 used four fully custom cores, while the 835 has eight cores…