While not so many manufacturers are utilizing MT6595 yet, Lenovo is taking the opportunity to release one of their own models employing this chipset series. The X2 is expected to be released on September 5th.
Leaks and rumors have gotten consumers tied up in the whole Lenovo Vibe X2 thrill. Finally, there has been significant information released on the model.
Meizu and Xiaomi have been running head to head, even dubbing their models with very similar nomenclature — Xiaomi using Mi3/Mi4 and Meizu using MX3/MX4. (more…)
Lately, it has been Doogee and iNew taking center stage and battling it out model to model. Meanwhile, Zopo has been keeping a low profile, but they are certainly not moving over – on the contrary, they are moving in.
China news is touting Coolpad to be one of the first out the door with an MT6595 SoC product. It was initially reported by several news outlets that Coolpad was going to release their Coolpad F2 with MT6595, though it looks now that there may be a bit of a twist. (more…)
The day arrived. July 15th at 14:00, MTK6595 aka MT6595 was finally officially announced and released by MediaTek. (more…)
Gizbeat has come across some official MTK flowcharts exhibiting a bit about how MTK6595 big.LITTLE will work. The technology which will govern the CPUs is called CorePilot. (more…)
For rooting your China clone, there are always several methods. Whether you are rooting your China phone through MTK Droid Tools, or you are doing it with a quick root tool. The ADB USB drivers are usually required for these processes so that your phone can communicate with the PC. (more…)
The rumors have been flying the last couple months and as we come closer to the MT6595 release, the rumors are turning to facts.
A few days ago I wrote about a release date for MT6595 and we are still in line with those expectations.
This post has a lot of geek info in it, but there is plenty for the non-geeks as well. (more…)
MediaTek is expecting to surpass Q1 revenue in Q2. Their target is 90 million units for Q2 with a revenue of 18.2 billion USD. Products with LTE are expected to sell 15 million units. (more…)
One area MTK has lagged behind in is frequency support. The WCDMA 3G frequencies supported often are 850/2100 900/2100 and occasionally 2100 only. That all may change when MT6290 is released. (more…)
The current news in the market is that Xiaomi will be coming with MT6595 some time between June and July 2014. (more…)
This week we’ve had several articles regarding the recent official news of MTK6595. I really enjoy writing about this sort of thing as opposed to the ‘by rote’ previews that many sites churn out. Of course they’re required writing for many of the popular phones, but we try to keep the fluff to a minimum here. Let’s get on with the show. (more…)