Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset in July, targeting budget-friendly 5G devices. Now, Xiaomi has announced that it will be the first to launch a smartphone powered by this new chip. The wait is almost over—this smartphone will unveil on October 16 at the India Mobile Congress 2024.
This hints that the upcoming smartphone will be available in India. While details about the device are still under wraps, we expect it to be a Redmi model, likely from the 13 series, considering the chipset’s focus on affordability.
Currently, the Redmi 13C costs under INR 10,000 and features MediaTek’s Dimensity 6100+ SoC. It’s possible that the new model could be a variation of this one. We won’t have to wait long to find out, as the reveal is just a few days away!
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2
Qualcomm formally announced its new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset (SM4635) at an event held in India. This is not a successor to last year’s Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 but a more affordable 5G chipset fabricated on a 4nm process and aimed at budget smartphones, specifically devices launching in India in the coming months.
At its core the 4s Gen 2 features 2x Cortex-A78 cores clocked at 2.0GHz and 6x Crotex-A55 at 1.8GHz. All eight cores are downclocked by 200 MHz compared to the ones on the SD 4 Gen 2. The new chip also gets an unspecified Adreno GPU, slower LPDDR4x RAM and retains UFS 3.1 storage support.
