Qualcomm has announced a handful of processors this year but it still has more in the pipeline as revealed by a new report. These new processors will launch under the mid-range category.

These new processors will be launching under the Snapdragon 600 series according to their part numbers discovered by Winfuture.de. There is also a possibility that the chipsets may have gaming variants, so we may see the G-suffix naming which Qualcomm uses for the Snapdragon 700 series get applied to the Snapdragon 600 series too.

Qualcomm SM6375

The SM6375 is expected to launch in four variants all of which will have different CPU and GPU clock rates but the same base. All four will have 8 CPU cores made up of four Gold cores and four Silver cores. Below are the configurations that have been spotted. The GPU clock speed is said to be between 940Hz and 960Hz.

• 4x Gold cores at 2.1GHz + 4x Silver cores 1.8GHz
• 4x Gold cores at 2.2GHz + 4x Silver cores 2.0GHz
• 4x Gold cores at 2.3GHz + 4x Silver cores 2.1GHz
• 4x Gold cores at 2.5GHz + 4x Silver cores 2.2GHz

The source reports that one of the developer platforms based on one of the chips has a maximum refresh rate of 144Hz which further reinforces the speculation that at least one of the processors may have the G-suffix. A wild guess says we may see two of the chips arrive as the Snapdragon 695 and Snapdragon 695G respectively.

Qualcomm SM6225

The Snapdragon SM6225 is the second chipset that was discovered by the source and it is expected to launch under the Snapdragon 690 which has part number SM6350. However, there are similarities between the chipset and the Snapdragon 765 a.k.a. SM7250. Unfortunately, more specific details about the CPU and GPU are not available, though it has been reported that the specs of the testing platforms are in line with mid-range devices such as 6GB of RAM, 128GB of UFS 2.2 storage, and a 90Hz FHD+ display.

Both the Qualcomm SM6375 and the Qualcomm SM6225 are manufactured by TSMC but their node size is unknown. Also, the chips should launch this year as the above details are said to be at least two months old already.

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No doubt 2020 is the year of 5G. The new network standard is no longer limited to flagships but has now made its way to mid-range devices. Chipmakers such as MediaTek have announced affordable 5G processors such as the Dimensity 800 and Dimensity 820 for budget phones. Now it is the turn of Qualcomm.

A new leak has revealed that the San-Diego-based semiconductor company is working on its first Snapdragon 600 series 5G processor. So far, Qualcomm’s 5G processors are limited to the Snapdragon 800 and Snapdragon 700 series but that should change soon.

According to Digital Chat Station, Qualcomm’s first Snapdragon 600 series 5G processor has the model number “SM6350”. The chipset has eight cores in a 2+6 core arrangement. The two performance cores are clocked at 2.246GHz while the efficiency cores are clocked at 1.804GHz.

The source said he is not sure about the CPU in use but seeing as the Snapdragon 765 and Snapdragon 765G have Cortex-A76 performance cores, that is the most likely it will have too. The efficiency cores should be Cortex-A55 cores. With respect to GPU, the SM6350 will come with the Adreno 615 clocked at 850MHz.

There is no specific info on when the chipset will launch but we don’t expect it to appear in devices until Q3 2020.

Digital Chat Station also mentioned in the Weibo post that the entry-level MediaTek MT6853 processor is on the way and that Huawei is also developing an entry-level 5G Kirin processor.

When these processors launch, we should have 5G devices with price tags under $200. The only thing left is for countries to play catch up as there are already several 5G phones available for buyers to purchase.

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The Lenovo Z5s will likely not come with a Snapdragon 678 because there isn’t such a processor in existence. That Lenovo Z5s poster from yesterday was just misinterpreted and a new poster seems to clarify that.

Earlier today, the manufacturer released a poster that teased Xiaomi’s Mi 8 Lite for its choice of processor. The poster was actually shared first on Weibo by Lenovo’s CEO before it was reposted by the official Weibo account with a caption that teases the Mi 8 Lite for having a Snapdragon 600 series processor.

If Lenovo is teasing the Mi 8 Lite for having a Snapdragon 600 series SoC, that means it isn’t using a 600 series chipset in the Z5s which the Snapdragon 678, assuming it even exists, falls under.

We re-examined the poster that originally said the phone will have a Snapdragon 678 processor and what we deduce is that Lenovo is teasing the phone will come with a processor that belongs to the 600, 700, or 800 series, hence 678.

There are rumors the chipset in the phone is actually the Snapdragon 710 like the Lenovo Z5 Pro but there is no confirmation yet. Other confirmed features of the phone are triple rear cameras and Android Pie pre-installed.

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Lenovo also released a few more posters and camera samples of the phone which is scheduled to launch on December 18 at the Lenovo Global Headquarters in Beijing.

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Qualcomm’s next flagship chipset, the Snapdragon 855 is going to be built on a 7nm process. With that happening, new chips in the mid-range series should also switch to a new process, right?

An insider in the industry says Qualcomm will be upgrading its Snapdragon 600 series to the 10nm process. These new chips are expected to be launched in the second half of the year and give MediaTek’s new 12nm Helio P60 a run for its money.

The original Snapdragon 600 processor was built on the 28nm process. The most powerful SoC in the series now is the Snapdragon 660 and it is a 14nm chip.

The switch to a 10nm process will bring significant upgrades to chip performance as well as a reduction in power consumption. The upcoming Snapdragon 670 is one of the first chips in the series to be built on the 10nm process. Leaks have revealed that it will be an octa-core chip in a 6+2 arrangement instead of 4+4. It will also use custom Kryo cores.

The snapdragon 670 was rumored to be announced at MWC 2018, instead Qualcomm announced a new series – the Snapdragon 700.

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Qualcomm didn’t reveal any info about the configuration and production process of chipsets in the Snapdragon 700 series but there is a possibility we may also see a couple of the chips built on the 10nm process.

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There is still some diehard Nokia fans who still remember with nostalgia, the glory days of Nokia when the Nseries ruled the phone scene. Mostly powered by Symbian OS, the Nseries smartphones were a suitable companion to music lovers, photography enthusiasts and even lovers of mobile games. The Nokia Nseries was a capable gaming rig that gives you what at that time could qualify as great graphics. We had earlier seen signs that Nokia is planning to revive the line.

Now, more facts are emerging about the Nokia Nseries phone that would be the first to drop. According to the latest rumor, the smartphone would be called Nokia N95. The device would likely be launched along with other new Nokia releases at the MWC 2017in Barcelona. The Nokia N95 is said to use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 series chip which we hope will be the SD 652. The choice of SoC places the N95 in the mid-range category and Nokia is said to target up to 50 million units in cumulative sales from the N series.

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Perhaps after the N95, we’ll be seeing other Nseries-titled smartphones in Nokia’s quest to play some emotional games. Recall that the Nokia N95 was a famous model when it held sway, coming with multimedia features, front and rear cameras with LED flash on both ends and had the capability to take any game thrown at it because of its large storage space. So Nokia will likely capitalize on the successes of those model to try to gain some much-needed ground in the presently saturated mobile phone market. The bar is thus very high right now because of the positive reviews the Nseries phones of previous years got, so Nokia’s reputation is at stake should they fail to meet up the expectations of the army of loyal fans the brand has built over the years.

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