Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Brings Even More Power To Midrange Phones

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Brings Even More Power To Midrange Phones

Qualcomm has officially launched the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4, the latest SoC in its 7-series lineup. This follows the recent release of the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, and it's packing very decent specs. It has a tri-cluster CPU configuration with one Prime core going up to 2.8 GHz, three performance cores going up to 2.4 GHz, and three efficiency cores reaching a lower 1.8 GHz. It supports up to a WQHD+ 144Hz camera, as well as up to 4K on an external display, and it can be equipped with up to 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM. It also supports a variety of different camera configurations thanks to its Spectra image processor, as well as up to 4K@30fps recording.

Aside from the actual hardware, there's a lot of stuff Qualcomm is highlighting here. The chip, for one, will include select features from Qualcomm's Snapdragon Elite Gaming suite, so this might be a pretty sweet chip for gaming, which is one of the reasons why people tend to get the 8-series as well. We also have the inclusion of Snapdragon Sound technology—the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 will be the first platform outside of Qualcomm's premium 8-series to feature support for Qualcomm Expanded Personal Area Network (XPAN) technology. This is intended to provide more immersive and versatile audio experiences by providing a considerably more reliable connection between your phone and your compatible earbuds/headphones/speaker.