The undisputed heavyweight champion of today’s Android décor, Qualcomm, is not doing so hot in emerging markets, where low-cost smartphones are all the rage, no matter their performance compromises.
So far, the suppliers of high-end powerhouses such as the Snapdragon S4 Pro, 600, 800 and 805 have had trouble competing with budget specialists like MediaTek. But no more. Not once the Snapdragon 210 rolls out.
The quad-core chip, although a nice, healthy upgrade over old S200 units, is aimed squarely at sub-$100 Android devices. That’s free of contractual obligations, mind you, and is that much cooler as 210 is an LTE Category 4-capable processor.
It’s low power, based on 28 nm architecture, and thus not a beast raw speed-wise, but fairly frugal. So yeah, it has potentially stellar battery life going for it in addition to LTE support and a more than reasonable retail value.
What’s the catch? Guess only time will tell, namely “the first half of 2015”, but if everything works out the way Qualcomm is suggesting, it’s bye, bye, MediaTek. In the low-end space, the mid-range race, everywhere. It’s going to be Qualcomm against the world.
If you’re curious to find out more about the theoretical capabilities of the Snapdragon 210, here’s more:
- Up to 1.1 GHz clock speeds
- ARM Cortex A7 cores
- Adreno 304 GPU
- 1,080p video playback
- Screen resolution up to 720p
- Up to 8 MP camera support, Full HD video recording
- Wi-Fi 802.11 n, Bluetooth 4.1, NFC and GPS connectivity
- Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
- LPDDR2/LPDDR3 at 533 MHz
Via [Qualcomm]
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