Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Release Date, Specs Rumors: Device Coming With Snapdragon 810?

Virginia D'Cruz Thursday, December 11, 2014

News that Samsung is testing the Galaxy Note 4 with the new Snapdragon 810 chip and could possibly release it in 2015 has set the smartphone community ablaze.

Since the initial rumor, more details have emerged, indicating that Samsung is not particularly bothered about the rumored problems on the Snapdragon 810 and has instead initiated testing with several carriers in South Korea.

Currently the Galaxy Note 4 is available with two processors. The first variant has an octa-core Samsung Exynos 5433 SoC which is actually comprised of two quad-core divisions, quad-core Cortex-A53 clocked at1.3GHz and a quad-core Cortex-A57 clocked at1.9GHz. The other processor is a quad-core 2.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 805.

The leak that the Galaxy Note 4 was being tested with the Snapdragon 810 came from SamMobile. Forbes says if the leak is true, Samsung could be creating problems with future Galaxy Note models as the chip has allegedly been plagued with problems. However, this allegation has been denied by Qualcomm, the San Diego, California-based semiconductor company.

Some say that although Galaxy Note 4 has become a star among Samsung's mobile devices, the Korean tech company could put its position in jeopardy by using the Snapdragon 810 on the Galaxy Note 4.

What could be prompting Samsung to try out the new chip could be its 64-bit compatibility which none of its current devices have. With the aid of the Snapdragon 810, Samsung could finally be able to compete with Apple which has been featuring 64 bit-chips in its iPhone range since 2013.

One other major benefit that the 64-bit Snapdragon 810 provides is the ability to use over 4 GB RAM on devices. While the iPhone range has stuck to 1GB of RAM, Samsung recently released devices with 3 GB of RAM, and one of them is the Galaxy Note 4. With the RAM size quickly approaching the maximum limit, Samsung needs to look at alternate chip models and do so fast if it wants to keep churning out devices with bigger RAM.