Qualcomm reveals two new affordable phone chips with Smooth Motion UI tech
Key takeaways
- The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 is the more powerful of the two and will slot in under the beefier Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 lines.
- Like its sibling, the SD4 Gen 5 also comes with Smooth Motion UI that reduces screen stutter by 25 percent and boosts app launch speed by 43 percent along with even larger gains in graphics performance year-over-year.
- Another upgrade on the Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 is support for Dual SIM Dual Active tech which allows a phone to use data from two different SIMS/carriers at the same time.
Qualcomm With the price of electronics seemingly going up every day, Qualcomm is looking to give manufacturers more options with the release of two new mobile chips intended for use in upcoming midrange and affordable phones.
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 is the more powerful of the two and will slot in under the beefier Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 lines. It features a Qualcomm Kryo CPU with eight cores (four performance and four efficiency) and an Adreno GPU that the company claims is 21 percent more powerful than last year's Gen 4 SoC. Aside from better performance, new features for this generation include Qualcomm's Snapdragon Smooth Motion UI which promises to provide 20 percent faster app launches and 18 percent less screen stutter.
Other features include support for AI camera and display tools such as Intelligent Night Vision that should boost the clarity of low light photos, AI-powered digital zoom at up to 100x magnification and improved HDR10 video processing. On the connectivity front, the Snapdragon 6 Gen 5 also offers sub-6GHz 5G (but not mmWave), Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.0 with new Channel Sounding tech designed to allow users to locate accessories like wireless earbuds and speakers using their phone.