Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon 690 chip that goes straight to the mid-range and is characterized by 5G, Wi-Fi 6 and support at 120Hz. A Qualcomm that launched the 768G last month and that it is now back again with another chip that will be used by Nokia, LG, Motorola and TLC in their new mobiles.
It will be at the end of the year when we begin to see this chip in the stores in the new mobiles that will support 5G and that will allow get closer to this technology without spending the high price of the high-end.
This new chip Snapdragon 690 excels in some areas on other chips of the 600 series. Mainly it is the support to 5G and that has only been available in the series 700 and 800. Which means, and what we have said, that we can see mobiles at better prices that allow us to connect to 5G.
If we go from 5G, this 690 has other notable features such as video recording support.deo 4K HDR at 30FPS, 120Hz displays and Wi-Fi 6. We also have a 20% improvement in performance thanks to the inclusion of Qualcomm's Kyro 560 CPU. This leads to an improvement in workloads related to Artificial Intelligence and video capture.
Un 690 chip built in 8nm And that is precisely the reason to be able to obtain those improvements of 20% in performance compared to its predecessors. It is the first 8nm chip in the 600 series.
This chip Qualcomm Snapdragon 690 will be from the middle of the year in a good number of mobile phones from brands such as HMD Global, LG Electronics, Motorola, SHARP, TCL and Wingtech among many others who will want to jump on the 5G bandwagon at an affordable price compared to the high-end ones.