Lenovo recently launched its flagship smartphone — Lenovo Z6 Pro and is now gearing up to launch a new watered-down version of the same device, dubbed Lenovo Z6 Youth Edition. The phone is expected to launch on 22nd May.
Now, Lenovo Group’s Vice President for the Chinese region has announced through Weibo that the company will launch a smartphone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset, which is not yet available in the market.
As the Z6 Youth Edition is the upcoming smartphone, it seems that the phone could come powered by the recently launched Snapdragon 730 or Snapdragon 730G chipset. While the Samsung Galaxy A80 is powered by the SD730 SoC, the phone is yet to go on sale.
The Snapdragon 730 (SM7150-AA) and Snapdragon 730G (SM7150-AB) are built using the 8nm node and are octa-core chipsets (2+6 core arrangement) with Kryo 470 CPUs clocked at 2.2GHz, coupled with Adreno 618 GPUs. Qualcomm says the two processors provide a 35% increase in performance compared to the previous generation.
They both come with the Snapdragon X15 LTE modem which the company says brings up to 800Mbps download speeds. Both these chipsets are also Wi-Fi 6 ready and come with support for Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+.
The Snapdragon 730 duo are the first 7 series processors to feature the Hexagon Tensor Accelerator. Both processors also feature the Hexagon 688 DSP which works with the GPU and CPU to complete AI tasks faster and in more power-efficient ways.
Last year, when the company announced the Lenovo Z5 Pro GT, it became the first smartphone in the world to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 octa-core flagship chipset.
The Lenovo Z6 Youth Edition is confirmed to come with dual-frequency GPS support for accurate positioning up to 1m, which is a big deal for a device in the mid-range segment. It could be the cheapest smartphone to carry support for L1 and L5 dual frequencies for accurately tracking location.
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Currently, this upcoming smartphone’s specifications are not known, but we expect to know more about the phone as the launch nears. We may have to wait for the company’s launch event on 22nd May to know for sure what’s up the company’s sleeves.
