Qualcomm 215: brand new low-end processor
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Qualcomm is not a brand that has many chips within the low range. Although this changes with its new chip, Qualcomm 215. It is a platform thought for basic low-end terminals, an important change by the American manufacturer. That it is launched for simple models is something that we can see in its specifications.
Qualcomm 215: New low-end processor
As the company has confirmed, it supports up to 3 GB of LPDDR3 RAM at a maximum speed of 672 Mhz. While for storage, eMMC 4.5 memory and SD 3.0 UHS-I cards are supported.
New processor
Qualcomm 215 has a 28 nanometer lithograph and has four ARM Cortex A53 cores at a maximum speed of 1.3 GHz. In addition to having the Qualcomm Hexagon DSP. This is something that allows a 50% improvement in performance over the previous generation. In this case, an Adreno 308 GPU capable of playing video in FullHD and compatible with H.264, H.265 and VP8 codecs is used.
As for connectivity, it is compatible with WiFi 802.11b / g / n ac MU-MIMO, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.2 and also with NFC, one of the great surprises in this regard. The Snapdragon X5 LTE modem has been integrated into it, which supports 4G in it. In addition, it has support for a double camera of up to 8 megapixels or a single 13-megapixel sensor.
Qualcomm 215 is a simple processor, but it can be a good choice for many brands. For now we do not know when the first phones that use it will arrive. So we will have to wait for news in this regard.
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