A MediaTek processor in a future phone from a manufacturer with a history of chipsets from Qualcomm? And just 3GB of RAM? You sure this is an "S?"
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Meizu X event chalked up for November 30
Who knows what Meizu will wrap the year up with? It started this month with a device launch and it is going to end the month with another one.
But in the meantime, there’s just a little more coalescence on what is said to be the Meizu X. Invitations have gone out for an event in China on November 30.
We haven’t been able to spot any records with the TENAA regulatory agency in China on the phone, the rear of which seems to be made of a single piece metal shell — note the lack of antenna lines. Just above the front-and-center Meizu branding is a camera ringed by several LEDs, a flash method we’ve seen the company take to.
Other bits of speculation tell us that the Meizu X will receive the MediaTek Helio X30, the latest tri-cluster, deca-core SoC featuring four new Cortex-A73 cores and a quad-core PowerVR 7XT GPU. A Meizu m5 note may also appear at the event with the updated Helio P20 chip.
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MediaTek launches Helio X30, P20, P25 chipsets
Seeing how its Helio P10 chipset has become a recent favorite with smartphone OEMs looking to equip a proper mid-ranger with the right engine, MediaTek is back at it with a second generation of Helio P products, this time numbered as P20 and P25. It also took time to update its X series with the introduction of a high-end Helio X30 SoC.Let’s start off with the P20 and P25. The main advantages to these ...
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Vernee Mars will have Helio P20, 6GB RAM
In an age where most Chinese manufacturers have websites that avoid overusing bold sans-serif fonts — mostly Impact — and really bad grammar, it seems that upstart Vernee hasn’t gotten the memo. Sure, the manufacturer does the crazy things a new player would get to like flash sales, but we’d assume that it knew that the font for memes has been cordoned off limits for a while now.Whatever the case, it has announced a November release frame for the Vernee Mars, a phone that will feature the next step up from
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MediaTek promises to charge your phone from 0 to 70 percent with Pump Express 3.0
Qualcomm isn’t only recognized as the undisputed heavyweight champion of smartphone SoCs these days due to the raw performance of its custom Kryo CPU cores and Adreno GPU comprising the Snapdragon 820 silicon, but also thanks to Quick Charge 3.0 technology.On its official web page, the wall-uncoupling solution is proudly touted as capable of helping devices “like the LG G5 achieve up to an 80% charge in just 35 minutes.” Impressive feat, though believe it or not, MediaTek aims to eclipse it by getting you from 0 ...
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