MediaTek, a major producer of smartphone chips, recently unveiled its top-end Dimensity 9300 chipset. This new chip competes directly with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Gen 3 chipset and is used in many mid-range and some high-end phones worldwide.
MediaTek’s top chips have mostly not been available in the US. This could soon change, as MediaTek has suggested a launch of a “premium segment” Android phone in the US later this year, featuring a MediaTek chipset. (Source: 9to5Google)
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Motorola might use a MediaTek chip in its new Moto Razr model. However, based on Motorola’s history, it’s more likely they will choose a Snapdragon 7-series or 8s-series chip.
This brings us to OnePlus, where things get more intriguing. OPPO, which is related to OnePlus, used the older Dimensity 9200 in its Find N3 Flip foldable phone. It makes sense that OPPO’s next foldable would use the newer Dimensity 9300.
Since the OnePlus Open was basically the same as the Find N3, OnePlus might also release a flip foldable for the US market similar to the upcoming OPPO Find N4 Flip.
OnePlus is among the few brands that used a high-end MediaTek chip, the Dimensity 9000, in its OnePlus Pad. The strong performance of this chip helped the OnePlus Pad become one of the top Android tablets.
A OnePlus flip phone could significantly impact the foldable phone market. The OPPO Find N3 Flip is already a leading flip phone, and a similar model from OnePlus in the US could elevate foldable phones even further.
Currently, these are just guesses. More information is likely to come later in the year, and I am very excited to hear it.
What we think?
I think the new MediaTek smartphone coming to the US is exciting. OnePlus might use the powerful Dimensity 9300 chip in a new flip phone. This could make foldable phones more popular in the US.
Big brands like Google and Samsung probably won’t use this chip because they have their own. I’m eager to see what happens and how this new phone performs. More news will come later, and I can’t wait to hear more!
