Next year’s best Android phones will record your world in HDR

Your next smartphone won't just be able to display brilliant-looking HDR video, it will be skilled at recording in HDR, too, Qualcomm announced today.
For that reason alone, the new Snapdragon 845 chipset, which debuted at the company's annual tech summit in Hawaii, is enough to make us excited for 2018 Android phones.

Starting with a completely redesigned image sensor, the chipset is poised to pave the way for giving users the power to capture HDR footage on a phone camera.
Just like the Snapdragon 800 series was the first to capture 4K video, the 845 is leapfrogging it to be the first to have a sensor that soaks up 64 times the color data compared to standard sensors. That's what gives HDR content so much "pop" and you'll be able to see the difference for yourself in 2018.
There are already smartphone screens that can show HDR Premium content, which, at the size of a smartphone is more important than the jump to a 4K resolution. You don't have to look far to find a device with an HDR-ready display – the LG G6, LG V30, Google Pixel 2 XL and Samsung Galaxy Note 8 are all fine candidates.
The problem is that we've all been recording video without HDR, not making use of top-end phones with their equally top-end HDR displays, or our new HDR-ready televisions.
However, the new phones will change that. Equipped with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset, a huge wave of HDR content is about to wash over, changing both the ways in which people can capture HDR video and view it.
You can also expect power advancements and battery life savings from the new chipset. Additionally, it'll push high resolution depth-sensing in cameras that it powers, offering a three-fold performance boost compared to last year's phones – yet it will require 30 times less power.
We don't have a release date for phones powered by the Snapdragon 845 chipset. However, if Samsung is still fabricating the chip, expect to see it in the Samsung Galaxy S9, a phone that's rumored to be teased at CES 2018. After that, expect adoption to catch on like wildfire.
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