Spreadtrum SC8810 powers ZTE ultra low cost smartphone

Spreadtrum SC8810 powers ZTE ultra low cost smartphone
All eyes are on Mediatek these days as first phones with their quad core MT6589 solution become available. Although the prices for these devices are dropping rapidly they seldomly go below 800 RMB (99 $US). As this may already sound like rock bottom pricing there still seems to be a market for even lower priced ...

Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core

Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core
Today Mediatek took the stage to launch their newest contribution to the world of smartphone platforms. They presented nothing less than the much-anticipated quad-core MT6589 chipset. It is the successor to their extremely popular MT6577 dual-core product. As a little extra it is not only the first quad-core chipset in Mediatek’s portfolio but it is ...

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 1

Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589
Along with the availability of first Mediatek dual-core MT6577 phones the news of a quad-core successor came up. At first this chipset was said to be released end of 2012 and it went by the name MT6588.