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Home News Mobile phones (Image credit: Future) All signs are pointing to the Samsung Galaxy S11 being a 5G phone without requiring users to buy a separate, more expensive 5G variant of the forthcoming handset.We can now say this with confidence because Qualcomm announced its Snapdragon 865 chipset on December 4 at its Snapdragon Tech Summit, and it’ll be coupled with a 5G modem. Because the Galaxy S10 used the Snapdragon 855, the Galaxy S9 had the Snapdragon 845 and so on, the Galaxy S11 will almost certainly have the 865.5G is going to have its mainstream momentIf this trend continues, it means two things: first, the Galaxy S11 is going to be the first 5G smartphone for a lot of people – 5G is going to have its mainstream moment. Second, the specs of the chip strongly foreshadow features of Samsung’s next big phone.Here are the top things the Snapdragon 865 tells us about the Samsung Galaxy S11.The Samsung Galaxy S11 will be a 5G phoneThe Samsung Galaxy S11 is poised to fix the major pain point we’ve had with almost all 5G phones in 2019: you had to buy a pricey variant of the mainstream phone. Often the 5G phone versions would come later, too.(Image credit: Future)This happened with Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, Note 10 Plus 5G, and OnePlus 7T Pro 5G to name a few. With the Moto Z3 and Moto Z4, you had to buy a 5G mod add-on. Asking people to wait and spend more money for 5G in its infancy was a tall order.Qualcomm made it clear that using the Snapdragon 865 chipset is a package deal: it comes with a Snapdragon X55 5G modem, even if the two aren’t physically fused together in one chipset. Simply put, if a phone has the 865, it has a 5G chip.Phone manufacturers could market the 4G LTE speeds in regions where 5G isn’t bountiful, but executives we talked to at Qualcomm were quick to point out that no phone maker that they had talked to expressed interest in doing that.So the Samsung Galaxy S11 and Galaxy S11 Plus, and maybe even the Galaxy S11e if it continues to use a flagship tier chip (like the S10e did last year), should get 5G speeds out of the box. And that’s good news for 5G adoption.Qualcomm did introduce the slightly lower-specced Snapdragon 765 at the same time as the 865 chip, but there’s no chance Samsung will stick the premier Galaxy S11 with anything but a flagship chipset.The S11 release date lines up with the 865 debutThe Samsung Galaxy S11 is rumored to launch at the end of February – traditionally it comes out right before or at MWC. We don’t suspect the launch window will change. In fact, there’s now more evidence it will stay the same.(Image credit: Future)That’s also when the Snapdragon 865 is schedule to make its way into smartphones. The official statement from Qualcomm notes: “Devices based on Snapdragon 865 are expected to be commercially
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