Is Qualcomm testing 2nd generation of Snapdragon 652 ? Zauba listing reveals 8GB RAM support

Qualcomm is the leading smartphone processor manufacturer brand in the world that has developed a number of processors with the sub-brand Snapdragon and these processors are currently used by millions of smartphones in the world. The Snapdragon 652 was announced around 8 months ago by Qualcomm, along with Snapdragon 650, that are currently used by a number of mid-ranged smartphones. According to a new leak, Qualcomm might be testing the 2nd generation of Snapdragon 652 processor as this processor was imported to India for internal testing. Let’s check out the story in brief next.

In December last year, Qualcomm renamed the Snapdragon 620 processor to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 processor name. It supports Up to 1.8 GHz octa-core (4 x ARM Cortex-A72 and 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 cores) CPU with Adreno 510 GPU on board. Now, a processor with name MSM8976SG has been spotted imported to India for testing and is listed on Indian Import/ Export website Zauba. Here, the letters “SG” in this model number MSM8976SG might stands for the second generation Snapdragon 652 according to the leakster Roland Quandt.

The Zauba listing also confirms that the new Snapdragon 652 “second gen” processor will support 8GB of RAM and 2.0GHZ/1.4GHZ 4+4 cores CPU. This new processor will support 621MHZ GPU as well according to the zauba listing and will also support QHD resolution display that has 2560×1600 pixels. The listing also shows that 58 units of the Snapdragon 652 2nd Generation chip were imported to India from USA for testing purposes.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 chipset is currently powering a number of devices that includes the newly launched Samsung Galaxy A9 (2016), Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro, Vivo XPlay 5, Oppo R9 Plus, Xiaomi Mi Max phablet, Vivo V3 Max, Asus Zenfone 3 Ultra, ZTE Nubia Z11 Max, Alcatel Idol 4s, LeEco Le 2, Vivo X6S Plus, Vivo X6S, Vivo X7, Vivo X7 Plus, and LG G5 SE. More devices are expected to launch with this processor and if the news about the second generation SD652 becomes true, then this processor will surely replace the 1st gen processor in the upcoming smartphones.

None of the above details about the SD652 2nd Gen are officially confirmed by the company, so, take it with lots and lots of grain of salt. Stay tuned for more updates on this topic and others.