Low-cost Android phones to get iPhone features with new Qualcomm chips

From InfoWorld: Low-cost smartphones like the Moto G5 introduced a few months ago are shipping with soon-to-be-outdated chips from Qualcomm, which has announced successor chips.

Qualcomm on Monday introduced the Snapdragon 630 and 660, which are massive upgrades to chips used in low-cost smartphones introduced over the last six months or so.

And in a few months, you'll be able to buy low-cost smartphones with these new chips, with prices starting at $200. The handsets will feature LTE download speeds equivalent to that in the iPhone 7 and have graphics processors capable of capturing 4K video.

Additionally, the low-cost smartphones will charge up faster than ever. The chips support Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4, and smartphones can charge up to 50 percent in just 15 minutes.

The Snapdragon 660 is like a tweaked version of the Qualcomm 821 chip -- used in top-tier phones like the Samsung Galaxy S7 -- for low-end phones. It is based on the Kryo architecture, which is also in the 821.

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