Snapdragon X55 is Qualcomm's answer to Huawei's multimode 5G Balong 5000 modem which it claimed to be the world's first and announced last month in Beijing.

Will have to see which solution actually ships first in 2019 in smartphones. pic.twitter.com/Dati1GOV01

— Neil Shah (@neiltwitz) February 19, 2019

Qualcomm goes and raises the 5G bar again. X55 #5G modem supports SA/NSA, 7gbps, multi-mode. Smaller, higher perf and lower power multimode RFFE. #MWC19 https://t.co/veieVWKAPH

— Patrick Moorhead (@PatrickMoorhead) February 19, 2019

We are so close with #5G. @Qualcomm's Snapdragon x55 is going to be the bridge -> Before the first 5G phone is out, Qualcomm is already moving on to its second-gen 5G modem https://t.co/4xiiQ9mdEk #MWC19 #Mobile pic.twitter.com/LzoEJ22Az3

— Daniel Newman (@danielnewmanUV) February 19, 2019

Before the first 5G phone is out, Qualcomm is already moving on to its second-gen 5G modem https://t.co/gfAVNOW4J7 pic.twitter.com/BtcTFxBhRE

— The Verge (@verge) February 19, 2019

? @Qualcomm announces #Snapdragon X55 second generation #5G modem and global mmWave antenna module https://t.co/9sscmuwF65 @Qualcomm_Tech pic.twitter.com/uidhgAlqZb

— Evan Kirstel at #MWC19 (@evankirstel) February 19, 2019

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon X55 second generation 5G modem and global mmWave antenna module https://t.co/qICarEwKk1 by @palmsolo

— ZDNet (@ZDNet) February 19, 2019