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Qualcomm has announced two new processor in the Snapdragon 200 series. The Snapdragon 210, the company's latest quad-core processor has multimode 3G/4G LTE Advanced and LTE Dual SIM aimed at entry-level smartphones and tablets. The Snapdragon 208 dual-core processor has multimode 3G and can supports entry-level devices with displays up to qHD resolution. Both these have ARM Cortex A7 CPUs, based on 28nm LP process and have Adreno 304 GPU.
Features of Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC
up to 1.1 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
Adreno 304 GPU
1080p video playback with H.265 (HEVC)
Display up to 720p
Qualcomm RF360 Front End Solution
LPDDR2/LPDDR3 at 533MHz
eMMC 4.5 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
LTE Category 4 (up to 150 Mbps), WCDMA (3C-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE
LTE multimode Dual SIM support with Dual Standby
up to 8MP camera support, 1080p Full HD video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, NFC and GPS
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Features of Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 SoC
up to 1.1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
Adreno 304 GPU
720p video playback with H.265 (HEVC)
Display up to qHD
Qualcomm RF360 Front End Solution
LPDDR2/LPDDR3 400MHz Single-channel 16-bit
eMMC 4.51 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
3G HSPA+ (up to 42 Mbps) , WCDMA (3C-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE
Dual SIM Dual Standby
up to 5MP camera support, 720p HD video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, NFC ...
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Apple announced the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus today and there is something good about LTE support on these new phones. The company mentioned that iPhone 6 will support upto 20 LTE bands and for the first time might support LTE roaming on compatible networks. The 2 new iPhone 6 models supporting these new LTE bands are A1586 -iPhone 6 and A1524 - iPhone 6 Plus.Also worth mentioning is that it supports download speeds up to 150 Mbps and also Voice-over-LTE or VoLTE for the first time on an iPhone.
Here are the 20 LTE bands supported by the iPhone 6 models (A1586 iPhone 6 and A1524 iPhone 6 Plus) majorly sold outside the US in Europe including UK and Asia including Japan and Hong Kong. Very likely that India will get this version of the device as it supports TD-LTE bands 38, 39, 40, 41 which Airtel has already deployed and supports iPhones and other LTE smartphones sporting the TDD-LTE band 40 support.
1 (2100 MHz)
2 (1900 MHz)
3 (1800 MHz)
4 (AWS)
5 (850 MHz)
7 (2600 MHz)
8 (900 MHz)
13 (700c MHz)
17 (700b MHz)
18 (800 MHz)
19 (800 MHz)
20 (800 DD)
25 (1900 MHz)
26 (800 MHz)
28 (700 APT MHz)
29 (700 de MHz)
38 (TD 2600)
39 (TD ...
The tradition continues, with Apple announcing price cuts for the older iPhones that precede the brand new ones that launched today. The 5c, when it launched, had an unlocked price of 549$, while the 4S at the same time had its price cut to 450$. Now it's the iPhone 5c's turn, with it getting the same price cut to 450$ for the unlocked 8 GB version. Long rumoured to be a cheaper version of the iPhone, the 5c launched to poor reception last year. Apple was constantly pushing 5c through incessant marketing in several markets, especially in the past few months. This price cut will hence be the last stretch of shelf time for the iPhone 5c.
Last year, it was evident from our poll on 5c's unlocked prices that consumers were certainly misled with expectations of a cheaper iPhone. Apple tried to steer the conversation towards the 5c's design, the use of high quality plastics and so on, but it was clear that consumers didn't like a re-hashed iPhone 5 in a plastic shell. The 5s ended up selling more than Apple could have expected, signaling the dislike for the other iPhone, but the company still went with many marketing ...
The Apple iPhone 5s, the previous flagship device, gives way to the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus today, so naturally, it has received a price cut. During the keynote, Apple was careful enough to place the iPhone 5s on its slides, a nod to the fact that it will continue being one of the two 4" iPhones you can still get. The device gets a 100$ price cut to 549$ for the 16 GB version while it's 150$ lesser for the 32 GB variant, at 599$. The pricing has already been updated in the Apple store.
Unlike the iPhone 5c, the 5s did well for Apple, hence making the company maintain the pricing for long. As long as there's demand, the pricing would hover at the initial rates and that has been the case for the 5s. We doubt that, after the launch of the new iPhones, people would actually get a 5s but the previous flagship is still a very capable device if you are ok with a smaller screen. There are not many differences in key components between the 5s and the 6, mainly because TouchID is already there. May be people will miss the NFC functionality ...
Qualcomm has announced two new processor in the Snapdragon 200 series. The Snapdragon 210, the company's latest quad-core processor has multimode 3G/4G LTE Advanced and LTE Dual SIM aimed at entry-level smartphones and tablets. The Snapdragon 208 dual-core processor has multimode 3G and can supports entry-level devices with displays up to qHD resolution. Both these have ARM Cortex A7 CPUs, based on 28nm LP process and have Adreno 304 GPU.
Features of Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 SoC
up to 1.1 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
Adreno 304 GPU
1080p video playback with H.265 (HEVC)
Display up to 720p
Qualcomm RF360 Front End Solution
LPDDR2/LPDDR3 at 533MHz
eMMC 4.5 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
LTE Category 4 (up to 150 Mbps), WCDMA (3C-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE
LTE multimode Dual SIM support with Dual Standby
up to 8MP camera support, 1080p Full HD video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, NFC and GPS
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Features of Qualcomm Snapdragon 208 SoC
up to 1.1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A7 CPU
Adreno 304 GPU
720p video playback with H.265 (HEVC)
Display up to qHD
Qualcomm RF360 Front End Solution
LPDDR2/LPDDR3 400MHz Single-channel 16-bit
eMMC 4.51 SD 3.0 (UHS-I)
3G HSPA+ (up to 42 Mbps) , WCDMA (3C-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), CDMA1x, EV-DO Rev. B, TD-SCDMA and GSM/EDGE
Dual SIM Dual Standby
up to 5MP camera support, 720p HD video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.1 + BLE, NFC ...
