MTK6592 Jiake V8 Preview!

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jiake-v8-mtk6592-1 Well I’m not sure anyone expected Jiake to win the MT6592 race, but at this point it looks like they’re the first MTK6592 phone to go on sale to international customers. Let’s take a look at what it has to offer specification wise.

The Jiake V8 comes with a 6″ LCD at 1280×720. 720 I think is fine for 5″ phones, but at 6″, there will be a clear difference between 720p and 1080p. It should still be nice enough looking with a PPI of 244. I’ve got no problem with it, but some people may. In addition, gamers should see some excellent frame rates with MT6592’s GPU – the Mali450-MP4 @ 720p, though it’s unclear if the V8 includes OTG support or not.

The sellers are advertising the V8 as supporting NFC and gesture support. Gesture support in our opinion is nothing more than a gimmick, and the NFC has limited appeal but could come in handy for some people. A big plus is the inclusion of 850MHz WCDMA which will make it compatible with some American 3G networks. jiake-v8-mtk6592-7

What’s really nice is that the Jiake V8 has 2GB of RAM and a very healthy 16GB storage. This phone is SD storage expandable as well.

The battery is a bit small for a 6″ LCD. 2600mA. Going with a bigger battery would have made this phone a lot more attractive.

I can’t call this one yet, as there are quite a few unknown factors. Build quality, LCD quality and overall bugginess of firmware could either make or break this phone. Going on specs alone, if you don’t mind the 2600mA battery and 244ppi, this could be a phone to consider, but I’d recommend waiting until a couple of real reviews are in.

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9 responses to “MTK6592 Jiake V8 Preview!”

November 29, 2013

Rdmkr

not sure we should get so excited about these phones that are rushed out of the gate to be “first”; I own one of the first mtk T phones that were released and it does have its share of quality issues. The battery is weaker than they said, the screen has a grid of (very small, almost imperceptible) dots on it, the screen flickers under heavy 2D workloads, etc. Clearly not made by a company with proper quality control procedures.

This phone looks amazingly cheap for its specs, though. The 720p screen on 6″ is a deal breaker to me, but other than that its quite interesting. Lets hope this gets repeated by companies with better designs. The bar has been set high!

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1. November 29, 2013
  
  Damian Parsons
  
  I’d have to agree. See the last paragraph of the writeup.
  
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December 9, 2013

Yagami

Looking forward to test this big fella, i’m currently waiting to arrive all the way to Romania, i currently have an Zopo ZP950+ as my daily driver, hope it has almost the same build quality as this one. Specs wise this phablet is just a rocket of a device, i think the 720p resolution is a big plus for ganers, and i am one myself, i expect excelent fps on really demanding games, overall it’s a great price, specs wise, we shall see the other details.

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1. December 9, 2013
  
  Damian Parsons
  
  Come on by the forum and post your review of the phone when it arrives. Looking forward to hearing about it. Cheers.
  
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December 10, 2013

Everett

What service will allow 3 g. I had an old mtk phone that said it would work for at&t. But never did don’t wanna waste more money on another like that.

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1. December 10, 2013
  
  Damian Parsons
  
  Any phone with 850MHz WCDMA is compatible with MOST AT&T 3G. Not all areas are 850MHz for AT&T though, some are 1900.
  
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February 4, 2014

Marin

Bought this phone in January. I waited about 2 weeks for it to arrive in Romania from China.
Overall, not that bad the shipping time.
About the phone…

Look:
– It’s a larger (6″) clone of Samsung Galaxy S3. Nothing special here.
– The quality of materials used is OK, for a China phone. Doesn’t exceed expectations.
– The screen, when OFF, has about 7-8 lines of dots. Visible if you watch it from the left side. Not visible when the screen is ON.

Functionality:
– The screen sensitivity is not that good as expected (sometimes I have to press multiple times to get a response)
– Not even a single game produced by Gameloft is working on it. I had no issue with other games. This is really a strange behavior.
– The NFC, even if supported by the device, doesn’t work. Maybe is just my phone. Fortunately, I don’t need it.
– Another strange behavior: it keeps showing me that I’m in roaming ( clarified with my carrier, they say I’m not in roaming, therefore it’s a bug in the Android. Didn’t had the chance to test with other carriers.)
– The pen that comes with it looks poorly built, but works great. That’s a plus from my side.
– Played HD videos without problems, via WiFi and locally stored.
– Poor sound quality with the default headset while listening music. Couldn’t find yet replacement that works at all. ( I tested several headsets I have at home.. so, I don’t know how can I order a replacement at this point, without having the possibility to test one first, except if I’ll order the same poor quality type of headset.)
– with the same headset, the sound is clear and the microphone is extremely responsive. At least this is OK.
– The Antutu score was almost 26693 ( almost 1000 points less than advertised)
– The 2600mah battery is OK for normal daily use. ( about 12-13 hours )

Conclusions: It’s a great phone for the money, but I would think again if I’ll have to buy a new phone. The Octacore A7 CPU barely manages to outrun an A10 Quadcore CPU. The quality of the materials is not really that good. I seen better, even for a Chinese product.
There is no update available for the (buggy) Android 4.2.2 installed on it. You will find some ROMs on 2 site, but one of them is exactly the same as the one already installed, and the 2nd will cause your screen to remain OFF/dark .
The phone is actually a HAIPAI n7892 re-branded as Jiaku V8. Couldn’t find a manufacturer website for either of them.
If I would need to get another phone right now, I would go for a THL or Zopo. At least they have an website and provide software updates/fixes.
I know it’s not really a review, but mostly personal and very subjective impressions on this phone, but I hope it helps.
Have a nice day :)

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February 4, 2014

Marin

Some corrections to my previous post:
– With the same headset, the sound is clear and the microphone is extremely responsive during calls.
– The Antutu score was 26693 ( almost 1000 points less than advertised
– The Octacore A7 CPU barely manages to outrun an A9 Quadcore CPU.

Sorry about the mistakes, I should have corrected it before posting. Thank you!

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December 16, 2014

Olgita

Hello,Jiake v8 is nice phone,but got problem,the screen is black but touch is working,any advice how to fix it?Bcz in my country they dos not fix this kind of phones. Will be thankful for information.
Regards Olga

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