The Snapdragon 765 opens up a world of opportunity for Android OEMs and consumers alike and for the first time in a while, the future of phones that aren’t running the most powerful Qualcomm chips is very promising. Google has always had a hard time competing with the Galaxies and iPhones of the world, but with a lower price thanks to the 765 processor, that could change. There’s even talk that Google might be using the Snapdragon 765 or 765G in the upcoming Pixel 5 instead of the 865, which makes a lot of sense to me. I’ve only been using the Velvet for a few days, but nothing about it feels slow or laggy, and it’s nearly impossible to tell the difference between it and the V60 in day-to-day usage. And when you factor in the speeds it can deliver, OnePlus’s premium Android phones-which cost twice as much-don’t seem quite so premium anymore. That’s even cheaper than the Velvet and a tremendous value for a 5G handset. IDGįor example, the recently launched OnePlus Nord, which isn’t releasing in the U.S., is priced at 399 Euros or around $450 in U.S. (Though to be fair, LG’s phones are at the mercy of carriers, which tend to inflate MSRPs to make discounts look more enticing.) Battery life will need to be tested as well, but initial impressions are strong. Yes, the 765G is slower than the 865 in benchmarks, as it should be, but when you consider the price difference between the Velvet and other 5G phones such as the Galaxy S20 Ultra and the OnePlus 8, the Snapdragon 765G processor should bring some exciting releases later this year at even more attractive price points. That’s an all-around improvement over the Snapdragon 730 and 845, and not far off the 855, which is still being sold in thousand-dollar phones. Asus also has a battery-sucking performance ‘X Mode’ that cranks the chip even higher: I had oddly low results from Speedometer 2.0 with this phone so I’m not including them, but overall, the 865+ is as advertised: a little faster than the standard 865. Next up is the Asus ROG Phone 3, which is the latest decked-out gaming phone with all of the performance bells and whistles, including a slightly faster Snapdragon 865+ processor. The Asus ROG Phone 3 has so much power, it comes with a clip-on fan to keep it cool. Even though the V60 is substantially cheaper than the S20 Ultra ($950 vs $1,400), the Snapdragon 865 chip inside both of them performs better than most Android phones you can buy at any price. Those are really really good scores, as you should expect from phones that cost this much. ![]() All phones were updated and restarted, and I ran the same tests as above: Geekbench 5’s CPU tests, PCMark’s Work 2.0 Performance tests, and Browserbench’s Speedometer 2.0 test (over Chrome), which measures the responsiveness of Web applications. To start my testing, I turned to the LG V60 with a Snapdragon 865 processor to keep it in the LG family as well as the Galaxy S20 Ultra, which has the same chip but way more RAM (8GB vs 12GB). I don’t own a phone that uses this chip, but a smattering of tests on NotebookCheck gives a good idea of what to expect: Snapdragon 730 It’s a different sort of chip for a much cheaper class of phone (mostly because it doesn’t have 5G), but it’s roughly similar to the 765’s 2.3 GHz Kryo 475 CPU. The predecessor to the Snapdragon 765G is the 730, with a 2.2 GHz Kryo 470 Octa-core CPU.
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