Qualcomm recently unveiled the snapdragon 632 which is an intermediate between the snapdragon 636 and the 630. Along with the snapdragon 632 they also announced the snapdragon 429 which is an update to the snapdragon 425. The Snapdragon 439 sits in between the 435 and the 450.
In terms of specification the snapdragon 632 boasts -
For comparison the Snapdragon 630 came with 8 Cortex A53 cores which has been replaced by the KRYO cores in the 632. The GPU with the 625/626 has been carried forward here i.e the Adreno 506. The notable addition here is the dual VoLTE which recently Mediatek had introduced with its budget and midrange SoCs.
Moving lower the order we have the Snapdragon 439 SoC. It comes with -
This SoC sits slightly under the Snapdragon 450 and the GPU used was also used on the Snapdragon 430/435. Here too we get Dual VoLTE like the Snapdragon 632.
Finally, we have the Snapdragon 429 in the list which is an update to the Snapdragon 425 that has been powering low end devices.
It comes with -
Like the other two SoC's the 429 also has dual SIM dual VoLTE. The main difference between the Snapdragon 429 and 439 is in the amount of cores i.e 4 in the case of Snapdragon 429 and 8 with the 439. The older SoC Snapdragon 425 also boasted 4 Cortex A53 cores however the GPU has been upgraded to the Adreno 504 from the Adreno 308.
With these entry level SoC's like the Snapdragon 429 and the 439 supporting dual VoLTE it is evident that in the near future we will be seeing devices supporting it. The recent entry from Mediatek i.e the P60 supports dual VoLTE and with Qualcomm into the market, they too have filled the void that was present for a short period of time. We hope and expect that brands like Xiaomi may make use of the Snapdragon 429 for their entry level Redmi 'A' series devices in the future thereby providing the taste of dual LTE in the budget segment.
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In terms of specification the snapdragon 632 boasts -
- 64 bit 8 Kryo 250 cores with a maximum clock frequency of 1.8 GHz and is based on 14nm process
- Adreno 506 GPU
- Qualcomm X9 LTE modem and CAT 13 uplink with CAT 7 downlink
- 2 X 20 MHz carrier aggregation (uplink and downlink)
- Peak download - 300 Mbps Peak upload - 150 Mbps
- Dual SIM with dual VoLTE
- Display - FHD+
- Camera - REAR : 13MP dual or 24MP single lens with 2x ISP based on 14nm
- Video -4K at 30FPS and 1080p at 120FPS with 4K playback
- DSP - Hexagon 546 (Digital Signal Processor)
For comparison the Snapdragon 630 came with 8 Cortex A53 cores which has been replaced by the KRYO cores in the 632. The GPU with the 625/626 has been carried forward here i.e the Adreno 506. The notable addition here is the dual VoLTE which recently Mediatek had introduced with its budget and midrange SoCs.
Moving lower the order we have the Snapdragon 439 SoC. It comes with -
- 64 bit 8 Cortex A53 cores with a maximum clock frequency of 1.95 GHz and is based on 12nm process
- Adreno 505 GPU
- Qualcomm X6 LTE modem and CAT 5 uplink with CAT 5 downlink
- 2 X 10 MHz carrier aggregation downlink and 1 X 20 MHz uplink
- Peak download - 150 Mbps Peak upload - 75 Mbps
- Dual SIM with dual VoLTE
- Display - FHD+
- Camera - REAR : 8MP dual or 21MP single lens with 2x ISP
- Video -1080p at 30 FPS and 1080p video playback
- DSP - Hexagon 536 (Digital Signal Processor)
This SoC sits slightly under the Snapdragon 450 and the GPU used was also used on the Snapdragon 430/435. Here too we get Dual VoLTE like the Snapdragon 632.
Finally, we have the Snapdragon 429 in the list which is an update to the Snapdragon 425 that has been powering low end devices.
It comes with -
- 64 bit 4 Cortex A53 cores with a maximum clock frequency of 1.95 GHz and is based on 12nm process
- Adreno 504 GPU
- Qualcomm X6 LTE modem and CAT 5 uplink with CAT 5 downlink
- 2 X 10 MHz carrier aggregation downlink and 1 X 20 MHz uplink
- Peak download - 150 Mbps Peak upload - 75 Mbps
- Dual SIM with dual VoLTE
- Display - HD+
- Camera - REAR : 8MP dual or 16MP single lens with 2x ISP
- Video -1080p at 30 FPS and 1080p video playback
- DSP - Hexagon 536 (Digital Signal Processor)
Like the other two SoC's the 429 also has dual SIM dual VoLTE. The main difference between the Snapdragon 429 and 439 is in the amount of cores i.e 4 in the case of Snapdragon 429 and 8 with the 439. The older SoC Snapdragon 425 also boasted 4 Cortex A53 cores however the GPU has been upgraded to the Adreno 504 from the Adreno 308.
With these entry level SoC's like the Snapdragon 429 and the 439 supporting dual VoLTE it is evident that in the near future we will be seeing devices supporting it. The recent entry from Mediatek i.e the P60 supports dual VoLTE and with Qualcomm into the market, they too have filled the void that was present for a short period of time. We hope and expect that brands like Xiaomi may make use of the Snapdragon 429 for their entry level Redmi 'A' series devices in the future thereby providing the taste of dual LTE in the budget segment.
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