Last week, it was reported that Qualcomm is working on its first single-chip system in the Snapdragon 600 series with 5G support. Now, a trusted Chinese insider under the nickname Digital Chat Station, on his Weibo social network page, reports that one of the upcoming Redmi smartphones will be equipped with the Snapdragon SM6350 single-chip system paired with 5G modem.
5G smartphones at this price can be a very attractive option for those living in the country where the new generation of networks has already been deployed. But, they do not want to spend a lot on a smartphone with support for 5G networks yet. This new device from Redmi will offer 5G-enabled phones that will be as affordable as 4G-enabled models.
Redmi working on budget 5G smartphone
The source reports that the price of the new device will be within 1,000 yuan (Rs. 10,600 / $140 approximately), and at the same time, it will support the presence of a high-speed 5G modem. Most likely, it will be another smartphone of the Redmi sub-brand. It is likely that at this price, the smartphone will be equipped with an LCD screen, a camera with three or four image sensors. And a 4000 mAh battery with support for 18-watt fast charging.
As for the processor, it could be an eight-core chip with computing cores operating at a frequency of 2.25 GHz. And six energy-efficient cores with a clock frequency of 1.8 GHz. For work with graphics, this SoC will mount the Adreno 615 graphics processor operating at a frequency of 850 MHz.
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