While smartphone users in North America and Europe are usually reluctant when it comes to buying handsets that feature MediaTek processors, devices using these chipsets are hugely popular in various Asian markets (Japan and South Korea not included).
Based in Taiwan, MediaTek provides SoCs that allow smartphone manufacturers to sell their devices at extremely attractive price points. At the moment, lots of low-end, mid-range, and high end smartphone models are using MediaTek processors - they were first popular in China (the world’s largest mobile market), and are rapidly gaining market share in many other countries.
MediaTek has certainly made an impact on the global smartphone market in the last few years, so we’re thinking that a selection of notable handsets powered by its chipsets will be of interest to many users. As you'll notice, all the smartphones that we're presenting below are based on Android.
Announced in January this year, and released not long after that, the Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ uses an octa-core 2.0 GHz MediaTek MT6592 processor with an ARM Mali450 GPU. The Idol X+ was launched running Android Jelly Bean, but it’s been upgraded to KitKat several months ago. The handset features a 5-inch 1080p display, 13 MP rear camera, 2 MP front-facing camera, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of non-expandable internal memory, and a 2500 mAh battery. The OneTouch Idol X+ is 7.9mm-thin, and currently costs $360. While you can easily find the smartphone in Europe, it doesn’t look like you can buy it in North America.
Based in Taiwan, MediaTek provides SoCs that allow smartphone manufacturers to sell their devices at extremely attractive price points. At the moment, lots of low-end, mid-range, and high end smartphone models are using MediaTek processors - they were first popular in China (the world’s largest mobile market), and are rapidly gaining market share in many other countries.
MediaTek has certainly made an impact on the global smartphone market in the last few years, so we’re thinking that a selection of notable handsets powered by its chipsets will be of interest to many users. As you'll notice, all the smartphones that we're presenting below are based on Android.
Manufacturers are listed in alphabetical order:
Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+
Announced in January this year, and released not long after that, the Alcatel OneTouch Idol X+ uses an octa-core 2.0 GHz MediaTek MT6592 processor with an ARM Mali450 GPU. The Idol X+ was launched running Android Jelly Bean, but it’s been upgraded to KitKat several months ago. The handset features a 5-inch 1080p display, 13 MP rear camera, 2 MP front-facing camera, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of non-expandable internal memory, and a 2500 mAh battery. The OneTouch Idol X+ is 7.9mm-thin, and currently costs $360. While you can easily find the smartphone in Europe, it doesn’t look like you can buy it in North America.
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