MTK6582 has quietly snuck up on us and is now being offered in several phone models. There is some conflicting information however, as the Chinese news outlets have MTK6582 with Mali400 MP2, but many sellers have the GPU as PowerVR SGX544. (more…)
Author: Damian Parsons
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MTK6582 From MediaTek? The New MTK Lineup.
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MTK6592 Race Heating Up! More TCL To Be First Rumors!
The race is on to the first MTK6592 release, and here’s some further news that TCL may be first out the gate. Only time will tell, but it certainly seems the Chinese are eager for TCL to take the prize judging by the amount of news regarding TCL. (more…) -
MTK6592 To Get Mali-450MP4! Two New SoC From MediaTek!
It just gets better and better. Last week we released an article regarding TCL possibly releasing an 8-core (octa-core) MTK6592 smartphone in November. Now just breaking is confirmation that not only will we have two new MTK SoC, the MTK6588 and MTK6592. (more…)
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Sneak Peak At The MTK6592 Motherboard & TCL To Release MTK6592 In November?
Nothing Gizbeat likes more than news about a new MediaTek CPU. We’ve already published a couple of breaking news articles about MTK6592, but here’s an interesting shot of what looks to be the MTK6592 SoC nested in a prototype motherboard. (more…) -
New Graphical Easy MTK6592 / MTK6582 / MTK6575 / MTK6577 / MTK6589 / MTK6589T Root Released!
It’s been a couple months, but a new version of the Graphical Easy Root has been released. This should include many of the newer MTK6589T phones, and older MTK6589 and MTK6577 phones, that weren’t in the previous versions. (more…) -
China Phones vs Popular Name Brand Phones – 1,2,3: Fight! (Part 2)
Image by Connor Tartar Recently I saw a post at chinaphonearena.com asking how the iNew i6000 fared when put up against late model HTCs, Samsungs and LGs. I thought it was a good opportunity to make a general, basic post comparing China phones to popular name brand phones and what one should expect when purchasing a China phone. In part 1, we took a look at – are recent China phones as fast as models such as Samsung, HTC, and LG? Now on to part 2. (more…)
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China Phones vs Popular Name Brand Phones – 1,2,3: Fight! (Part 1)
Image by Sam Howzit Recently I saw a post at chinaphonearena.com asking how the iNew i6000 fared when put up against late model HTCs, Samsungs and LGs. I thought it was a good opportunity to make a general, basic post comparing China phones to popular name brand phones and what one should expect when purchasing a China phone. (more…)
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New SP Flash Tool Download!
We just posted the newer SP Flash Tool. Version 3.1328.0 (v3.1328.0.sn183). This takes the place of the older 3.1316.0 and 3.1324.0 SP Flash Tools. (more…) -
Cyanogenmod for MediaTek MTK6589T China Phones! Cyanogen goes commercial!
While anyone who keeps up with the mobile industry likely knows that Cyanogen has gone commercial, what might not be known is that Cyanogen is now being developed for MediaTek MTK6589T China phones. (more…) -
Star S5 Butterfly Review Elite!
Excerpt: Star is a relatively old player in this game. Most of their models are at least of decent quality. The S5 Butterfly was one of the first MTK6589 phones to come out, and here’s the S5 Butterfly Elite. (more…) -
Star U650 / More Fine S6 Pad Review!
Excerpt: Star is a relatively old player in this game. Most of their models are at least of decent quality. This phablet is also branded as More Fine S6 pad. Absolutely gigantic for a phone, but here it is nonetheless, a 6.5” behemoth to compete with the iNew i6000. (more…)
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Jiayu G3S Review Turbo!
Excerpt: JiaYu is another hugely popular brand in China. One of the first China-brand phones to come with Gorilla Glass. The G3S remains physically unchanged from the original G3, but comes with MTK6589 or MTK6589T (Jiayu G3S Turbo) as opposed to MTK6577. (more…)