The fast-growing Xiaomi line of mobile gadgets has officially expanded with the launch and release of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G version.
The fast-growing Xiaomi line of mobile gadgets has officially expanded with the launch and release of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 4G version.
Huge news today regarding mt6595. mediatek is raring to bust into 2014 in big style with mtk6595.
A few weeks ago the rumor was that MT6595 would basically be MT6592, but with MT6290 4g/lte modem. Get ready for a big switcharoo. (more…)
Recently we posted about MT6290 being shown at CES in Las Vegas this year. More info has come out regarding the MT6290 LTE/4G modem. (more…)
Who said China phones couldn’t come with top specs? The Gionee Elife E7 flagship comes with a giant 3GB of RAM and 32GB storage. (more…)
The Oppo N1 has been on sale internationally for a bit. Now we’ve found out the Oppo N1 will be released with CyanogenMod. The CM edition Oppo N1 will go on sale Christmas Eve Day – that’s December 24th for those of you who aren’t in tune with the Christian holiday schedules. (more…)
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…)
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…)
In my recent post regarding TCL Idol X+ S960T, there was some talk regarding the first wave of them to be at 2.0GHz. There’s also some talk of an even higher clocked [email protected]. (more…)
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…)
While it’s much been speculated that MediaTek chips will eventually support LTE on-board, the details are still slightly sketchy. Whether that’s because MediaTek MTK is intentionally be secretive, or whether the details haven’t been finalized yet, is unknown. (more…)
Huge step up for JiaYu, as they will soon release the JiaYu S1. The JiaYu S1 is clearly an attempt to compete with the big boys such as Xiaomi, Meizu, Samsung and HTC. At least feature wise, this is a very viable option for those looking for something a bit more high-end than what MTK6589T currently offers. (more…)
Anyone who’s laying down good dough for a new smartphone knows that finding one that fits all of your needs can be a huge pain in the rumper.
The right combination of desired LCD size, RAM, ROM, battery and style is the easy part. Matching that with the right radio frequencies can be the tough part. Especially for Americans, who are locked out of the 900Mhz bands because of ancient home wireless phones and don’t have a fully viable 2100Mhz band network available to them. (more…)