Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Announced for Entry-level 5G Smartphones
Qualcomm unveiled its latest mobile platform chipset, the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, at the Snapdragon for India event. It sits below the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 in Qualcomm’s mobile processor lineup and is aimed at introducing entry-level 5G smartphones in India. With its launch, the company aims to introduce $99 phones.
In a subsequent announcement, Xiaomi confirmed that it will be the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to launch a handset powered by this SoC in the country before the end of the year.
Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Specifications
According to Qualcomm, its new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 aims to make Gigabit 5G “more achievable” thanks to a 5G Modem-RF system. The chip also has standalone (SA) 5G network support to operate on frequency bands that operate independently of 4G networks. It supports dual SIM 5G connection. Notably, Reliance Jio is the only telecommunication provider in India to offer SA 5G connectivity.
It is built on a 64-bit architecture featuring a Qualcomm Kryo CPU with eight cores: two performance and two performance. The clock speed of the two performance cores is 2.0 GHz while the six efficiency cores are clocked at 1.8 GHz. The Adreno GPU offers onboard OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1, and OpenCL 2.0 APIs. SOC is fabricated on a 4-nanometer process.
Qualcomm says devices running this chipset have LPDDR4x RAM up to 2133 MHz and UFS 3.1 onboard storage. Additionally, the 12-bit Spectra Image Signal Processor (ISP) will support an 84MP single camera sensor, with options for features such as Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) and Multi-Frame Noise Reduction (MFNR). The chip is equipped to support a FHD+ display with a refresh rate of up to 90Hz. It also supports video playback at up to 1080p resolution and 60 frames per second (fps). Additionally, it gets Qualcomm aptXAdaptive audio for 96kHz music streaming.
Smartphones with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chip can offer USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 1 interface and Quick Charge 4+ technology. It has Qualcomm’s Location Suite, which supports navigational systems (GPS) such as QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, and GPS, with lane and sidewalk-level accuracy. The processor also supports Bluetooth 5.1 and up to Wi-Fi 5.
