Following the announcement of the Exynos 980 processor from Samsung, Vivo has announced that it will launch a smartphone powered by the new chipset later this year. The Exynos 980 is the first mobile processor with an integrated 5G modem. However, it isn’t a flagship chipset, but a mid-range. The new device will be the first from Vivo that isn’t powered by a Qualcomm or MediaTek processor. https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1169582902616547328 The Exynos 980 is an 8nm octa-core processor with 2x high-performance Cortex-A77 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz and efficient Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.8GHz. It has a Mali-G76 MP5 GPU, said to be built for gaming. The SoC supports LPDDR4x RAM , UFS 2.1 and eMMC 5.1. The maximum display resolution supported is WQHD+. For the camera department, the SoC supports a 20MP dual cam setup and a 108MP single camera. It also supports Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.0, and GNSS. The mid-ranged…