Qualcomm this week introduced two new chipsets in its Snapdragon S4 family of mobile processors. The MSM8226 and MSM8626 chipsets both come with quad-core 28nm processors, Adreno 305 GPUs, 1080p capture and playback, support for cameras up to 13MP. They promise “exceptionally long battery life to high-volume smartphones” but Qualcomm provides no numbers to support the claim.
“The expansion of our Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 family extends our leadership in performance and low power for the high-volume smartphones,” said Cristiano Amon, executive vice president and co-president of mobile and computing products, Qualcomm Technologies. “This expanded roadmap provides our customers with a differentiated feature set upon which to build compelling smartphones for budget-conscious consumers.”
Qualcomm expects both the MSM8226 and MSM8626 with support for UMTS, CDMA and TD-SCDMA, will be ready for customer sampling sometime in the first half of 2013. Oddly, neither new chipset will support LTE, suggesting they may be intended for entry or mid-tier devices or developing markets.
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