We just made a post regarding the Oppo N1 releasing an official version of their phone with CyanogenMod. Part of the reason this is happening is because CyanogenMod has passed Google’s CTS and CDD stringent qualifiers. This now allows CM to come with any and all Google apps, and be compatible out of the box with Google Play. (more…)
Category: Noteworthy
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CyanogenMod Officially Accepted By Google Android!
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Huawei To Launch New Budget and Flagship MTK6582 and MTK6592 Phones!
Huawei is one of the better known Chinese smartphone brands. They are even offered as ‘plan phones’ by some of the major network providers in the US. Generally they use Qualcomm CPUs, however this is about to change with the Huawei Honor Glory 3C and Huawei Honor Glory 3X. (more…) -
Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 = Budget 64-Bit CPU SoC!
Hot on the heels of our recent news regarding MediaTek MTK coming with 64-bit architecture in 2014 is a big announcement from Qualcomm. They’ll be putting out a 64-Bit CPU as well – the Snapdragon 410. (more…) -
Super Breaking! MT6590 MT6595 4G LTE To Be Released In January!
It’s been announced by Taiwan Commercial Times that MediaTek will officially begin shipping MT6595 in January 2014. From the sounds of things, the previously named MT6290 4G RF baseband chip will now be called MT6590. (more…) -
Breaking – MediaTek MTK LTE / 4G Planned For Q1 2014!
Image by LG전자 A month or so back, I discussed LTE coming at some point in 2014 to MediaTek SoC. It turns out that prototype 4G / LTE chip testing has already begun with some of the major China manufacturers. The current buzz is that the 4G / LTE MTK chips may be released as early as Q1 2014. (more…)
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YotaPhone Dual Screen Phone!
YotaPhone was talked about a few months ago, and has finally been launched. YotaPhone is made by a Russian company who mainly makes modems, but they’re now taking a swing at the smartphone market with a quite unique product – dual screens. (more…) -
MTK Droid Tools v2.5.1 Released!
A new MTK Droid Tools is out. MTK Droid Tools 2.5.1. Fixes a previous bug with 2.5.0.
If you’re new to the scene, you might not know what MTK Droid Tools is. It’s a tool for your MT6592, MT6589T, MT6589T, MT6577, MT6575, MT6572 and most any relatively modern MTK CPU / SoC. (more…)
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Will MTK6592 China Phones Work In America and Europe?
Image by Mister Leung Since writing my last preview of MT6592 THL T100 Monkey King 2 / Iron Man, the shops have changed their tune and are now including 850MHz WCDMA / UMTS in the specs of the T100. Some are now even showing 1900MHz WCDMA. The MT6592 Mlais MX69 Pro is showing quad-band WCDMA (850/900/1900/2100) on shop sites and on the Mlais official page as well. Is it too good to be true? A China MTK phone with both of the major American frequencies? (more…)
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MTK6592 Jiake V8 Preview!
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. (more…) -
MTK6592 vs Qualcomm Battery Efficiency Images!
Here we have some recent images showing the power efficiency of MT6592. They are touting MTK6592 as being 40% more efficient than the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. The ARM Cortex A7 is indeed very efficient, and actually ARM says “The ARM Cortex™-A7 MPCore™ processor is the most efficient application processor ARM has ever developed”. (more…) -
MTK6592 Review Quadrant Scores! MT6592 vs Snapdragon 800!
In my last post I showed the MT6592 Antutu vs Snapdragon 800 Antutu. MTK6592 fared very well, with the 2.0GHz version equaling the score of the current Meizu Mi3 on Antutu. (more…)
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MTK6592 Antutu Review Benchmarks! MT6592 vs Qualcomm 800!
Today was a big day for MediaTek, as the MT6592 has officially been released. There were some interesting things of note, especially the different memory types and speeds that will be available for MTK6592. (more…)