Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 should improve cameras midrange smartphones
Qualcomm’s new upcoming budget and midrange processors are getting improvements for camera image and AI operations. According to the company, the images made with the cameras of budget and midrange smartphones, which will use this chip, should therefore be better.
New naming
Since this year, Qualcomm has been simplifying its chipset lines, at least when it comes to naming. The company has renamed its entire line-up and wants to make it easier to distinguish the individual chipsets from each other. Where the company used to subdivide its chipsets into the 200, 400, 600, 700 and 800 series, since this year the company is currently doing it with the 4, 6, 7 and 8 naming. The 4 stands for the budget processors, the 6 and 7 for midrange and the 8 stands for the high-end chipsets.
Let’s take an example. Last year, the Qualcomm 695 chipset was one of the company’s most widely used midrange processors, but the company also had the 665, the 690 and so on. Qualcomm is going to change this and will soon come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 processor. The first number represents the type of processor and the second number represents the generation. So the successor to the 6 Gen 1 will be the 6 Gen 2 and so on and so forth. This new 6 Gen 1 processor also comes with new improvements for image processing.
Improved image processing
The Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, the processor that we can expect in many budget and midrange smartphones next year, comes with support for 4K HDR video recording, among other things. Qualcomm reports. In addition, the smartphones equipped with the 6 Gen 1 will be able to take photos up to 200 MP. The improved artificial intelligence of the chip will also have to ensure that photos can look even better.
In addition to the improved image processing, the 6 Gen 1 will of course also improve in terms of performance. According to Qualcomm, the chipset is about 40 percent faster than the Snapdragon 695 5G chip. As mentioned before, we expect to see the 6 Gen 1 in many budget and midrange smartphones next year. The first smartphones that use this chip will probably see the light of day early next year.
