My ShanZhai » Quad Core http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai News from the world of Chinese gadgets Wed, 11 Sep 2013 06:52:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 Acer releases MT6589 kernel source ahead of Liquid E2 launch http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 08:09:52 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=710 Ever since Mediatek launched their quad-core MT6589 chipset I have been waiting for kernel sources to be released for this platform. As Mediatek themselves don’t seem to pay any attention to the GPL we needed to wait for their customers to open the source code. This time Acer was first to step out with a ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/04/16/acer-releases-mt6589-kernel-source-ahead-of-liquid-e2-launch/feed/ 2 Samsung Galaxy S4 dual-SIM heading for China http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:36:54 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=609 In the past the big brand mobile phone makers did not pay too much attention to dual-SIM phones. Although companies like Samsung and HTC started releasing dual-SIM smartphones their spec was never really good. A recent example is the Galaxy S Duos that was made available internationally end of 2012. At a time where the ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/03/15/galaxy-s4-dual-sim-heading-for-china/feed/ 0 Like Oppo and be part of Find 5 beta test http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:29:24 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=485 Did you always want to get one of the newest gadgets for free? Now there is a chance to do just that. All you need to do is like Oppo on their Facebook page (see link below) and post a comment to their post while tagging 3 of your friends. Like this you have the ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/08/like-oppo-and-be-part-of-find-5-beta-test/feed/ 0 Nvidia Tegra 4 platform details presented http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:43:33 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=472 Nvidia has made an end to all the rumors around their upcoming Nvidia Tegra 4 platform. What they presented ahead of CES proved the rumors on the chipset previously known as Wayne to be quite accurate. Nvidia – obviously not shy about their new product – boldly claims to be working on the “World’s Fastest ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2013/01/07/nvidia-tegra-4-platform-details-presented/feed/ 0 Nvidia Tegra 4 specs leaked http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:55:16 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=393 Nvidia was one of the first companies to deliver a quad-core chipset in high volumes. Their Tegra 3 platform was (and probably still is) a big success. Now that is has slightly become of age and more and more quad-core platforms are being released Nvidia needs to make a step ahead. Thus it is not ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/18/nvidia-tegra-4-specs-leaked/feed/ 0 Mediatek launches MT6589 as first ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 10:17:19 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=290 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 ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/12/12/mediatek-launches-mt6589-as-first-arm-cortex-a7-quad-core/feed/ 0 ZTE launches Tegra 3 phone for below $160 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:59:03 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=173 ZTE is surely one of the heavyweights of the Chinese mobile business. Thus it is a bit of a surprise that one of the major players fishes in the very low price region. However, ZTE teamed up with Beidu (well-known for the “Little Pepper” 699 RMB dual-core) in order to surprise us with the release ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/zte-launches-tegra-3-phone-for-below-160/feed/ 0 Huawei announces two quad-core phones http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/#comments Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:07:24 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=163 Huawei does not leave any doubt that they strive for a top rank in the mobile phone business. In a pair of events they just launched two new quad-core phones. The first event took place in Shandong province. Here Huawei presented the new high-end of their product lineup, the Ascend D2 phone. It is powered ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/30/huawei-announces-two-quad-core-phones/feed/ 0 Mediatek quad-core renamed to MT6589 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:29:23 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=114 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. This seemed to make good sense as MT6588 is a good successor name for the MT6577 dual-core. Mediatek ...read more

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]]> http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/25/mediatek-quad-core-chipset-renamed-to-mt6589/feed/ 1 K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) – Dual SIM confusion http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/10/k-touch-v8-hornet-ii-dual-sim-confusion/ http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/2012/10/10/k-touch-v8-hornet-ii-dual-sim-confusion/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:41:55 +0000 http://www.jetdroid.org/shanzhai/?p=82 Earlier this year TianYu presented their new K-Touch V8 (Hornet II) phone. The handset was pretty high-end with a 1.5GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core application processor, 8MP camera and a 4.5″ 1280×720 LCD screen. There has been some rumor that the device should support dual SIM operation. Now that the device is be available for ...read more

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