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Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core

Dec

2012

Today Mediatek took the stage to launch their newest contribution to the world of smartphone platforms. They presented nothing less than the much-anticipated quad-core MT6589 chipset. It is the successor to their extremely popular MT6577 dual-core product. As a little extra it is not only the first quad-core chipset in Mediatek’s portfolio but it is ...

ZTE launches Tegra 3 phone for below $160

Oct

2012

ZTE is surely one of the heavyweights of the Chinese mobile business. Thus it is a bit of a surprise that one of the major players fishes in the very low price region. However, ZTE teamed up with Beidu (well-known for the “Little Pepper” 699 RMB dual-core) in order to surprise us with the release ...

Huawei announces two quad-core phones

Oct

2012

Huawei does not leave any doubt that they strive for a top rank in the mobile phone business. In a pair of events they just launched two new quad-core phones. The first event took place in Shandong province. Here Huawei presented the new high-end of their product lineup, the Ascend D2 phone. It is powered ...

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 1

Oct

2012

Along with the availability of first Mediatek dual-core MT6577 phones the news of a quad-core successor came up. At first this chipset was said to be released end of 2012 and it went by the name MT6588.

K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) – Dual SIM confusion

Oct

2012

Earlier this year TianYu presented their new K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) phone. The handset was pretty high-end with a 1.5GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core application processor, 8MP camera and a 4.5″ 1280×720 LCD screen. There has been some rumor that the device should support dual SIM operation.

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Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core

ZTE launches Tegra 3 phone for below $160

Huawei announces two quad-core phones

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 1

K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) – Dual SIM confusion