14 DAY TRIAL // Qualcomm has recently announced a new mobile chip whose purpose is to boost the gaming performance on mid-range smartphones out there.
The Snapdragon 732G, which is essentially an improved version of the 730G, is mostly aimed at mid-range phones and comes with massive upgrades in the areas that are important for gaming.
For example, it comes with an Adreno 618 GPU that is supposed to allow a graphics performance boost of up to 15 percent. The Snapdragon 732G uses a Kryo 470 CPU that’s; upgraded to 2.3 GHz, up from 2.2 GHz on the 730G.
In addition, it comes with the Snapdragon X15 LTE modem, which should allow download speeds of up to 800 Mbps. And that’s not all.
“The Computer Vision ISP (CV-ISP) delivers 4x power savings, so you can continually capture vivid 4K HDR Video (including Portrait Mode and Object Segmentation). Or, take astonishing, detailed photos with support for up to 192 MP captures,” Qualcomm explains.
No 5G support on this chip
The new chip supports Bluetooth 5.1 and offers Wi-Fi 6-ready features, while also allowing for LTE dual SIM, NFC, and USB-C connectivity.
Interestingly enough, POCO will be the first company to adopt the new processor, albeit I expect the same chip to make its way to many more mid-range devices in the coming months.
"We are extremely excited about the upcoming POCO smartphone and our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies that allowed us to create the first device on the market with the latest Snapdragon 732G Mobile Platform,” said Sam Jiang, head of products, POCO Global. “We believe the device will set a new benchmark in the mid-range category, completely redefining the relationship between a phone’s price and its capabilities." Worth emphasizing is that the Snapdragon 732G won’t support 5G connectivity, but only offer 4G speeds.