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Asif Iqbal February 3rd, 2016 1:20 PM 2 COMMENTS

MediaTek Helio X20 processor allegedly facing overheating issues

Remember what how the whole high-end Android smartphone segment was menaced by Qualcomm Snapdragon 810's overheating issues? This issue not only affected smartphone's performance but also Qualcomm's shipments and stock price. Well, it seems that Qualcomm isn't the only one suffering with overheating problems. A latest report out of China suggests that MediaTek's highest-end mobile processor offering, Helio X20, seems to be facing overheating issues. According to the report, the deca-core MediaTek... Read More

Asif Iqbal September 2nd, 2015 5:50 PM 3 COMMENTS

Micromax partners with MediaTek to launch 4G LTE smartphones, announces the Micromax Canvas Fire 4G

Today, Micromax has announced a strategic partnership with the mobile device chipset maker MediaTek. As a part of the partnership, Micromax will launch a complete range of 4G LTE-enabled smartphones that use MediaTek's mobile processors, and the first smartphone to do so is the Micromax Canvas Fire 4G. The Micromax Canvas 4G runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, and features a 4.5-inch FWVGA IPS LCD display, dual speakers, a 64-bit quad-core MediaTek... Read More

Zara Ali July 3rd, 2015 4:42 PM 2 COMMENTS

Lava to launch next-gen Android One smartphone on July 14

Google is soon going to unveil another Android One smartphone this month in India. In accordance with a latest report by the Economic Times, Google will launch a Lava manufactured Android One device on July 14th, for a price of Rs. 12,000. The initial batch of Android One phones only consisted of international manufacturers for planning about design and development, but times are changing and this time the latest Android... Read More

Zara Ali March 11th, 2015 7:33 PM 1 COMMENTS

MediaTek’s future SoCs might feature AMD graphics

MWC has been more than just a platform for mobile and gadgets as it also acts as an ultimate venue for global technology trends and innovation. At the MWC this year, MediaTek and AMD have hinted about their possible cooperation in the future. If Industry sources are to be believed, we can expect a major cooperation between MediaTek and AMD. Both the companies have been in talks for a while... Read More

Asif Iqbal February 9th, 2015 9:18 PM 1 COMMENTS

MediaTek expresses its interest in expanding its business in India’s booming smartphone market

MediaTek, Qualcomm's fierce rival, has expressed its interest in expanding its presence in the Indian market. The Taiwan-based SoC brand's Chairman MK Tsai met with Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad last week and expressed his company's keen interests in expanding its business in India. Media Tek chairman (MK Tsai) shared his commitment to make technology more accessible for people. He was encouraged by the great market potential that India holds in... Read More

Zara Ali February 4th, 2015 7:24 PM 0 COMMENTS

MediaTek announces the 64-bit true octa-core MT6753 SoC

MediaTek, today announced a new chipset, MT6753, which can help it to gain access into many new markets. It is a 64-bit SoC paired with Mali-T720 GPU to ensure smooth graphics for gaming and other content. The MT6753 provides eight cores based on ARM’s Cortex A-53 architecture that makes it a true octa-core chipset with eight independent cores. MediaTek’s new chip offers full network coverage, which means that it will work... Read More

Asif Iqbal January 25th, 2015 3:21 AM 0 COMMENTS

MediaTek’s roadmap leaked with a brand new 20nm octa-core SoC

Qualcomm and Samsung aren't the only ones who are working on new 64-bit mobile processors. MediaTek, the relatively low-cost SoC provider from Taiwan is also working on a brand new 64-bit mobile processor SoC. According to a newly leaked slide, which shows the company's 2015 roadmap, MediaTek is working on a new 20nm high-end chipset with LTE connectivity, though it hasn't been given a final model number yet. The MT67xx... Read More

Zara Ali January 7th, 2015 6:25 PM 1 COMMENTS

HTC Hima might come integrated with a MediaTek SoC, at least in China

The descendant of the HTC One M8 from the last year is clearly under the build and it is reportedly codenamed as Hima. Though there is nothing new about it as we have been following this scoop from quite a while now and we have also witnessed couple of leaked specs for this device. However, all those leaks did have one thing in common, that is, Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset for... Read More

Asif Iqbal September 8th, 2014 8:54 PM 1 COMMENTS

HTC might announce a 5.5-inch phablet with a MediaTek octa-core processor

After launching the Desire 820 with an octa-core Snapdragon 615 processor, the Taiwanese giant HTC might also launch a 5.5-inch ‘phablet’ smartphone based on MediaTek's octa-core processor. Leakster @upleaks has tweeted that the company is planning to launch a handset identical to the HTC Desire 816, although with a different processor and RAM capacity. The handset is slated to have an octa-core SoC from Mediatek, instead of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 400 processor which... Read More

Ritij September 8th, 2014 3:54 PM 8 COMMENTS

Micromax Canvas Nitro A310 launched exclusively on Snapdeal for Rs 12,990

Micromax has just launched the Canvas Nitro A310 launched exclusively on Snapdeal for Rs 12,990 and the smartphone will be leading the charge for the brand in the sub Rs 20,000 price segment. It features a 5-inch HD IPS LCD display, 13MP camera, an octa-core processor from MediaTek, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage along with a microSD card slot. It runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and packs in a good set... Read More

Ritij June 7th, 2014 4:08 PM 1 COMMENTS

Xolo Q1200 launched for Rs 13,999 with a lot of software tricks

Xolo, the premium manufacturer of budget smartphones has just launched a new device, the Q1200 for Rs 13,999 to take on the Moto G which has taken the sub Rs 15,000 smartphone market by storm. It has been launched with a slew of software gimmicks such as gesture controls, voice controls, dual windows and double tap to wake-up which offer a decent amount of functionality too. Let us take a... Read More

Asif Iqbal May 31st, 2014 11:22 PM 0 COMMENTS

MediaTek unveils MT8127 SoC, a new quad-core processor for tablets

MediaTek has unveiled a new SoC, specifically for tablet devices. The MediaTek MT8172 is a quad-core processor with ARM Cortex A7 CPU cores and Mali-450MP4 GPU. This can be seen as an upgrade to MediaTek MT8125 which had similar CPU cores but a slower PowerVR 5XT GPU. It can support cameras of up to 13 MP resolution and an ability to process... Read More