Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 has been launched and it’s the company’s first 4-series mobile platform with 5G connectivity support. The new system on Chip is specifically designed to bring 5G connectivity to the mass-volume smartphone segment. SoC is affordable for the mass-volume smartphone segment. Qualcomm announced the development of its Snapdragon 480 SoC in September.
Last year in Jan the chipset comes as a successor to the Snapdragon 460 SoC with the support of Wi-Fi 6 and NavIC. The Snapdragon 480 includes the Snapdragon X51 5G Modem-RF System that supports both millimeter-wave and sub-6 GHz networks.
Smartphones powered by the Snapdragon 480 5G SoC are expected to launch early this year. The San Diego-based company is working with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) including one plus, Oppo, and Vivo to bring the devices based on the new SoC to the market.
The rumor suggests that VivoY31S and Motorola Ibiza could be amongst the early models.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 specifications, features
Snapdragon 888 SoC is based on the 5nm architecture, the Snapdragon 480 SoC is built on the 8nm process. The new SoC will come with an 8Crore of Kryo 460 CPU clocked at up to 2GHz.
Talking about the connectivity, the Snapdragon 480 SoC features a Snapdragon X51 modem that brings 5G mmWave and sub-6 GHz connectivity on SA and NSA. The modem also supports global multi-SIM 5G access. This also includes multimode support with 5G New Radio and LTE connectivity.
