Samsung Exynos 5 Series 7872 Hexa-Core 14nm processor with Bluetooth 5, iris sensor support announced

Samsung has announced new Exynos 5 Series 7872 hexa-core processor based on 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology  for mid-range smartphones. It has built-in LTE Cat.7 modem that would offer download speed of 300Mbps and supports aggregation of up to two carriers. It has two 2.0GHz ARM Cortex-A73 and four 1.6GHz Cortex-A53 cores. "With the addition of powerful CPU, the Exynos 7872 improves the individual single-core performance by two folds, when compared to its predecessor, enabling faster web browsing, app launching and other operations on a smartphone in its class," said the company. It also supports out-focusing photography and a dual camera feature. "By combining the information from RGB and monochrome camera, the Exynos 7872 can create out-focus effect to make photographs more visually appealing," added Samsung. Highlights of Samsung Exynos 5 7872 SoC Hexa Core - 2.0GHz x 2 ARM Cortex-A73 CPUs + 1.6GHz x 4 ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs Mali-G71 MP1 GPU 14nm LPP FinFET process technology Cat 7 2CA download speeds of up to 300 Mbps, Cat.13 2CA upload speeds of up to 150Mbps (UL) up to WUXGA (1920×1200) display resolution Full HD 120fps encoding and decoding with HEVC(H.265), H.264 and VP8, and decoding with VP9 Up to 21.7MP for both rear and front cameras, iris camera sensor ...