Xiaomi to launch first smartphone with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 SoC at Indian Cell Congress 2024

Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor for the mobile platform in India at the Snapdragon for India event in July as a budget 5G chipset. Now, Xiaomi will become the first original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to launch a phone with this new chipset. The alleged phone is touted as an entry-level offering and is expected to be unveiled in India next week at the India Cell Congress (IMC) 2024.

Xiaomi smartphone with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 SoC

The Xiaomi smartphone with Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 processor under the hood will be launched at IMC 2024 on October 16. While the exact details are unknown, the report suggests that this device may be equipped with a 6.7-inch LCD display with HD+ resolution and a 90Hz refresh rate. Devices 360 received the official invitation to launch (below).

As for optics, it may have a 50-megapixel main rear camera and an 8-megapixel selfie shooter on the front. The phone is speculated to be backed by a 5000mAh battery with support for 18W charging. It could run on Xiaomi's MIUI skin based on Android 14.

Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 Specifications

With the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chipset, Qualcomm says it will focus on $99 (approximately Rs. 8,200) entry-level 5G smartphones in India. It sits below the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 in Qualcomm's lineup of mobile processors for the country.

It is built on a 64-bit architecture with a Qualcomm Kryo CPU with eight cores: two for performance and six for efficiency. The performance cores have a maximum clock speed of 2.0 GHz, while the six efficiency cores are capped at 1.8 GHz. It also includes an Adreno GPU, which offers support for OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan 1.1 APIs. and OpenCL 2.0. The processor is manufactured using a 4 nanometer process.

According to Qualcomm, devices with this chipset support the inclusion of LPDDR4x RAM with a frequency of up to 2133 MHz and integrated storage up to UFS 3.1. The chipset's 12-bit Spectra image signal processor (ISP) can support up to 84-megapixel single-camera sensors. It has also been equipped with Full-HD+ displays with a refresh rate of up to 90Hz.