HMD, the parent company of Nokia has recently launched three new self-branded repairability-focused entry-level smartphones – the Pulse, Pulse+, and Pulse Pro. The Pulse series is powered by the UNISOC T606 processor. But soon after the release of the entry-level phones, a new GeekBench listing reveals that the company is working on a more powerful device as well.

HMD Global Tomcat could be powered by Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

HMD’s new phone codenamed ‘Tomcat’ has appeared in the Geekbench benchmark library scoring 965 in single-core and 2625 in multi-core. The listing reveals that it is an octa-core processor with a 4+4 core cluster. The base frequency for the two clusters is 1.96GHz and 2.4GHz.

While the name of the chipset is not mentioned in the listing, the above-mentioned parameters match with the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2. The single and multi-core score is also similar to the alleged chipset. The Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 equips 4x Cortex-A78 and 4 x Cortex-A55 cores. For graphics, it equips the Adreno 710 GPU. This 4nm chipset from Qualcomm supports a 200MP camera sensor, 4K video recording at 30fps, 1080p video recording at 120fps, and Multi-frame HDR. However, the implementation is up to the manufacturer.

While the Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 is not particularly a high-end chipset, it is still significantly powerful as compared to chips like the UNISOC T606 or the Snapdragon 680. This Snapdragon 7s Gen2-powered smartphone could be positioned as a mid-to-high-end device as the Nokia 8.3 from 2020, powered by the Snapdragon 765G 5G chipset.

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