New Delhi:- Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 was announced by the chipmaker on Monday as the company's latest chipset for entry-level 5G smartphones. The new chip is the latest addition to the company's Snapdragon 4 series and is the successor to the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 SoC that was launched in 2022. It is also the first chip in the series to be built on a 4nm process node and offers 10 percent performance better performance than its predecessor.
The new Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC is equipped with a Qualcomm X61 5G modem that is capable of download speeds of up to 2.5Gbps. It also offers NavIC and dual-frequency GNSS support for navigation. According to details shared by Qualcomm, the newly announced Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 will be used in upcoming smartphone models from manufacturers like Redmi and Vivo, while smartphones equipped with the chipset are expected to be available for purchase in the second half of 2023.
The new Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC comprises two performance cores clocked at 2.2GHz and six efficiency cores clocked at 2GHz. It is said to offer a 10 percent jump in performance over the Snapdragon 4 Gen 1, along with support for UFS 3.1 storage and up to LPDDR5x RAM at 3200MHz.
The chip also comes with support for up to full-HD+ displays with a 120Hz refresh rate. The company has also touted its on-device AI technology that offers features like background noise reduction during voice and video calls. The chipset supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C connectivity and Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4+ technology based on the USB PD (Power Delivery) standard. Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon X61 5G modem, the new chip will support his 3GPP Release 16 5G standard for the first time in the Snapdragon 4 series. The company claims the modem will allow download speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps.
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It also offers support for Bluetooth 5.1 dual-band Wi-Fi 5 connectivity. It also supports GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NavIC and QZSS location services with dual-frequency GNSS support (L1 + L5). For photos and videos, the new Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 SoC supports dual camera setups with two 16-megapixel cameras or one 32-megapixel camera. The company says both settings support 30 frames per second with no shutter lag.
Video recording is supported at 60 frames per second (single camera) and 30 frames per second (dual camera) at 1080p resolution and 120 frames per second (slow motion) at 720p resolution. Qualcomm says it has introduced AI features that use Multi Camera Temporal Filtering (MCTF) to reduce noise and improve photo and video capture in low light.
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