Qualcomm univieled new Snapdragon 690 Soc.

As we all know the trend in the smartphone industry is changing every year. And the new trend is to be 5G so to make it available to the budget and mid-range phones the Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon 690 Soc.

Representative purpose.

This is the first Snapdragon 600-series chipset to come with 5G support, allowing OEMs to launch even more affordable 5G phones in the coming months. The Snapdragon 690 ships with the proprietary X51 modem that brings sub-6GHz version of 5G to the table instead of the faster mmWave standard. Motorola, Nokia, LG, TCL, Sharp, and Wingtech will be among the first OEMs to launch Snapdragon 6905G-powered phones later this year. 

This chipset is the upgrade over the last year 675 Soc. The new Soc supports the Qualcomm 5th generation AI Engine. This is the first 600 series processor to have the capability of 120 hz refresh rate and 4k HDR recording support. Snapdragon 690 also provides the improved CPU and GPU. The processor is made up on the 8nm fabrication process by samsung. This Soc features eight Kryo 560 CPU cores with two main Cortex-A77 cores running up to 2GHz and six Cortex-A56 companion cores running at up to 1.7GHz. It's mated with Adreno 619L GPU that's said to be 60 percent faster than its predecessor.

Snapdragon 690 overview.

In terms of download and upload speed can give upto 2.5 GB/s download and upto 600 Mb/s upload speed over the 5G network. This Soc also includes the Qualcomm fast  connect which offers bluetooth 5.1 and wifi 6 support for first time in 600 series processor. 

On the camera side of things it can support upto 192 MP camera. The Soc can be paired by the 8GB LPDDR4x RAM. For the bonus point of view the India's own navic satellite navigation system is also supported by it.

The Qualcomm has already announced that some OEM'S are already working with Snapdragon 690 Soc. Like nokia, Motorola, LG, TCL, Sharp etc.