As one of the most important processor of Qualcomm this year, Snapdragon 660 will be used by different kinds of smartphone manufacturers, of course the performance of this processor will be higher, not worse than Snapdragon 820 SoC.
Although OPPO R11 will be the first Snapdragon 660 processor smartphone, we believe different kinds of manufacturers are preparing for their new products. Previously Lei Jun as Xiaomi CEO has denied Xiaomi MI6 doesn’t have lite version, after all Xiaomi MI6 has full competitiveness at 2,499 yuan, $400, no need to release Xiaomi MI6 Lite version.
Right now we can confirm Xiaomi MI6 has not lite version, but it will have Snapdragon 660 smartphone. It is said that Xiaomi is preparing for Xiaomi Snapdragon 660 processor phone which will call Xiaomi MI6X, it has 4MP front camera, 12MP back camera, it will still be RAM 6GB ROM 64GB version, estimated to be released in August, selling at 1,999 yuan, $333.
Previously, there is a model, Xiaomi Jason smartphone spots on Geekbench, it is powered by Snapdragon 660 processor, besides the performance of GPU and power consumption, it is close to the standard of Snapdragon 835 processor, running Android7.1.1 OS and RAM 6GB.
As for Xiaomi Snapdragon 660 new phone, right now we can confirm, but Xiaomi should release a new phone at 1,999 yuan, $333, after all Xiaomi MI6 sells at 2,499 yuan, $400, 70usd gap. The other possibility is that Xiaomi MI6X will use Pinecone Surge S2 processor. Stay tuned.