Technical details/specs on Karoo

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Technical details/specs on Karoo

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Some of these details might be useful if you start doing development-type work on Karoo, rooting, looking for drivers, etc:

Karoo (original):
  • Mediatek 6735 SoC
  • 64-bit
  • Quad core 28nm, 1.3 GHz according to HH
  • Cortex-A53
  • 2 GB RAM
  • ARM Mali-720 GPU
  • CAT 4 LTE, DC-HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, CDMA2000 (note that the OS doesn't suppport LTE at this time)
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • 802.11n 2.4GHz wifi

Karoo 2:
  • TBA
  • Quad core, 1.1 GHz
  • Snapdragon 210, ARM7
  • 2GB RAM
  • 4G (bands 2, 3, 5, 7), 3G (bands 2, 5), 2G (EGSM900, DCS1800)
  • Bluetooth 4.0
  • 802.11n wifi
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And here the FCC certification with some HW photos: https://fccid.io/2ADMX-HK1
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so the hardware is LTE-capable, or not?
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Post by Jan O.K. »

Dear Steve,

I cannot find those specs for the karoo 2. Could you provide them?


Thanks a lot, Jan.
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Jan O.K. wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:13 pm I cannot find those specs for the karoo 2. Could you provide them?
Unfortunately I don't have them either. I've added a few basics, but I'd love to know the detailed technical spec if anyone comes across it.
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Thanks Steve!
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Steve, can you add the Snapdragon 210 CPU that Christophe found out above?
christophe wrote: Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:42 am The karoo2 use a snapdragon 210 (arm7)
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