Qualcomm Tuesday announced the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2. The entry-level chip aims to make 5G accessible to 2.8 billion smartphone users in price-sensitive markets, including India and Latin America.

Qualcomm teased a new chipset a few months ago that would make sub-$100 gigabit 5G phones more viable. That day has finally come, as the company has revealed the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2.

While it uses the same dedicated AI accelerator chip — the Qualcomm 5G AI Processor Gen 2 — as the X75, Qualcomm says this is the first time AI is leveraged to extend the range of 5G connections.

Qualcomm has released its most affordable 5G chipset yet with the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2. It offers Gigabit (1 Gbps) 5G data speeds, which is less than the 2.5 Gbps offered by the Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 ...

Qualcomm just announced a new smartphone chip. It's called the Snapdragon 4s Gen 2, and it should make 5G phones more accessible than ever before.

This deal could be extended to 2028 if Apple is not ready to announce its 5G chips by then. For 2026, Qualcomm expects a 20% share of chipset supply for the upcoming iPhone models.

Qualcomm Inc. reaffirms its relationship with Apple Inc. through a three-year 5G chip deal. The agreement underscores the challenges faced by the iPhone producer in its chip development.

Even though Huawei is not getting Qualcomm 5G chipsets anytime soon, there’s some good news. Insiders from the industry chain have revealed that the company has raised its 2023 smartphone ...

Qualcomm, which already has a chipset business for 5G RAN small cells used by incumbent and upstart RAN infrastructure vendors for mmWave, is now expanding that effort to support macro and micro ...

After much speculation that Apple was getting rid of Qualcomm, the two companies have struck a new 5G chip supply deal. Qualcomm still needs to prove it can navigate out of a deep smartphone slump.

If I'm Apple, I have a team working on a 5G chip that theoretically replace the Qualcomm 5G chip (though that is a tall order). But the goal isn't necessarily to deliver on a 5G chip.