This new product family has been expanded to include a new chipset, the Qualcomm 215, a platform for low-end entry-level terminals that is easy to verify from the datasheet. The Qualcomm 215 is now official, so let’s get to know it a little better. Qualcomm is not a company with many chips in the low-end segment. But with the new Qualcomm 215 chip, which is a platform for low-end base stations, the situation shifts, which is a big change for the American manufacturer. The specifications show that it will come onto the market for simple models.
Qualcomm 215: New Low-End Processor
As the company has confirmed, it supports up to 3 GB LPDDR3 RAM at a maximum speed of 672 MHz. It supports eMMC 4.5 memory and SD 3.0 UHS-I cards for storage. For the photographic field, there is no triple camera. Qualcomm continues to support two sensors, of course with a double ISP of 12 bits. The options are many and varied. You can choose between a dual camera with up to 8 megapixels or a single sensor with 13 megapixels at the manufacturer’s option. In both cases, it is only possible to record at 1.080p at 30 FPS.
Qualcomm 215 has lithography of 28 nanometers and four Cortex A53 ARM cores with a maximum speed of 1.3 GHz. In addition to Qualcomm Hexagon DSP. This enables a 50% performance increase over the previous generation. In this case, an Adreno 308 graphics processor is used that can play full HD video and is compatible with H.264, H.265, and VP8 codecs.
In terms of connectivity, it supports WiFi 802.11b/g/n ac MU-MIMO, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.2 and also NFC which is one of the big surprises in this respect. The Snapdragon X5 LTE modem, which also supports the 4G, has been integrated into it. It also supports dual cameras with up to 8 megapixels or a single 13-megapixel sensor.
Qualcomm 215 is a simple processor, which can be a good choice for many brands. For the moment, we don’t know when the first phones will arrive that use it. So we have to wait for news in this respect.
