Qualcomm company surprised everyone today, because they announced a new processor which promises to bring much more power to low-end mobile devices.
Under the name of Second-generation Snapdragon 4sa chip made in 4nm, with 8 CPU cores and increased processing speed is presented. Basically This is an interesting evolution of its predecessor.the known Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 processor.
Although we are used to giving notoriety to mid-range and high-end terminals, there is always room for those lower-cost, lower-capacity mobile devices who are trying to carve out a place for themselves in the market.
These types of devices have attracted more and more attention in recent years, starting today There are budget phones that perform as well as mid-range ones a few years ago. This is the result of a huge effort by Qualcomm and MediaTek, companies that were transferring improvements from high-end chips to mid/low-end ones.
Snapdragon 4s Gen2 Tech Specs
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Characteristics |
Second-generation Snapdragon 4s |
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| Performance | Created with a process 4 nautical miles. 2 Kryo cores with a speed of up to 2 Ghz. 6 cores of efficiency with a speed of up to 1.8 GHz. Adreno GPU. Memory Version 3.1. |
| Connectivity | Maximum speed 1 Gbps. 7x faster than Cat4 LTE. Dual Frequency GPS NaviIC L1+L5. 5G and WiFi 5. Bluetooth 5.1. |
| Camera | Dual IPS of 12-bit Qualcomm Spectra. Capture 84 MP. Video stabilization. Multiframe noise reduction. |
| Multimedia | Support FHD+ displays up to 90Hz. Q-Sync for frame rate synchronization. HD music streaming at 96KHz. Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec. Qualcomm audio and voice communication. |
| Safety | Qualcomm Trusted Execution environment. Qualcomm Wireless Edge Services. Qualcomm Attestation Service. |
| Position | GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Gailileo, NavIC and QZSS. Dual frequency GNSS. Qualcomm sensor-assisted positioning. |
| Charging stand | Qualcomm Technology Quick Charge 4+. Until 40 Lever. |
| Memory | Support for LPDDR4x memory up to 2133 MHz. |
Lower performance without sacrificing power
We had already seen it in the Snapdragon 8s Gen 3, a chip produced with inferior specifications but with the same power as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Now the same thing is happening on the opposite side of the catalog.
The new Snapdragon 4s Gen 3 maintains the same 4nm production process. As for its structure, Qualcomm bets on two clusters: one powerful with two Kryo cores up to 2 GHz, and another aimed specifically at more demanding tasks: 6 cores with a clock speed of up to 1.8 GHz.
It is worth mentioning that cell phones that will arrive with this chip will have access to internal memory in UFS 3.1 format, as well as LPDDR4X RAM type. Similarly, the Snapdragon 4s Gen 3 It is compatible with 5G and NSA networks with data transmission speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
Last but not least, Qualcomm aims to make this chip more accessible than the second generation of the 4 family. This way, cell phones that feature this processor They will be able to reduce the final price without cutting the basic benefits (they would be terminals costing less than €99).
