{"id":100578,"date":"2025-10-25T14:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100578\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T14:51:08","slug":"snapdragon-6s-gen-4-walks-the-line-between-budget-and-midrange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/100578\/","title":{"rendered":"Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 walks the line between budget and midrange."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Oct 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 walks the line between budget and midrange.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Qualcomm\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/snapdragon-6s-gen-4-will-make-your-mid-range-phone-better-and-you-more-confused_id175186\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">new chip<\/a> brings its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sammobile.com\/news\/qualcomm-snapdragon-6s-gen-4-performance-affordable-phones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">4nm process<\/a> to the lowest end of its 6 series chips. 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