First Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 smartphone is coming next week

Vlad, 10 October 2024

Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset back in July, aiming it towards very affordable 5G devices. And Xiaomi confirmed it would be the first to launch a smartphone powered by this SoC.

The time has now almost come for the reveal. Said first smartphone powered by the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 is going to become official on October 16 at the India Mobile Congress 2024.

First Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 smartphone is coming next week

That gives you an idea about the fact that this handset will be sold in India. It's still unclear what the device will be, but given the chip's focus on affordability, we're betting on a Redmi of some sort - most likely part of the 13 series.

The Redmi 13C is already available in India under INR 10,000, but it's powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 6100+ SoC. Perhaps the new model will be a variation of that one. We'll find out in just a few days.

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  • Anonymous
  • 14 Oct 2024
  • 6xA

Anybody well versed in the topic will know the heating issues those chipsets had were simply due to NOT being manufactured by TSMC (Samsung did btw). If you were going to buy a phone, this is one of the main points you would focus on, as the chipset ...

  • Anonymous
  • 14 Oct 2024
  • 6xA

If you want to talk about honesty, then what you like or dislike is irrelevant, the main point here is that you get longer software support with custom roms, regardless of which one of the plethora of existing ones you decide to use.

I guess people keep hating on MediaTek even after the blunders Qualcomm has made, especially since the inception of both the 888 and the 8 Gen 1. Sure a Custom Rom may feel nice to keep your phone updated after it's reached EOL, although I hones...

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