Huawei's Kirin 970 records LTE downlink speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps Huawei's HiSilicon Kirin 970 could have become the first chipset to record data downlink speeds of up to 1.2 Gbps after including support for Cat 18 LTE for the first time. The speed was measured in a test conducted by equipment manufacturing company, Rohde & Schwarz. Kirin 970 chipset. Image: Weibo According to a report by GizmoChina , the results of the test and the speed recorded puts Huawei's new chipset ahead of Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset which had earlier recorded downlink speeds of up to 1 Gbps. Snapdragon 835 packs support for Category 16 downlink LTE which caps at 1 Gbps downlink speed. “The Kirin 970 has become the first SoC to support LTE Cat 18 downlink and Cat 13 uplink connectivity with a peak downlink speed at 1.2 Gbps. A new milestone has been achieved to show that Huawei’s Kirin SoC is once again in a leading position in the LTE-A-pro wireless communication ind...