A while ago, someone leaked a photo online of what appeared to be the new logo for the upcoming Meizu Blue Charm Note. As the photo shows, the new logo is basically just a single “M” but the lines are a bit clearer unlike the logo used for most of the Meizu MX series.

In addition, a photo of the invitation to the Blue Charm Note’s launch was released online. From the “Think Young” slogan that was used, it is clear that they are targeting younger users.

Earlier reports have said that this phone will come in two versions with different screen sizes. One will sport a 4.6-inch display screen, while the other will sport a 5.5-inch display screen. They will be available in more than five colors, including blue, orange and white.

The Meizu Blue Charm Note with a big display screen will have a contrast ratio of 16:9, while the one with a smaller screen will have a 15:9 contrast ratio. It was originally reported that it would only support a single SIM card but now, it was revealed that while Meizu will release two versions as reported, both support dual SIM cards. The Blue Charm Note will only have one SIM slot. Users can just insert both SIM cards there.

As for its other specifications, the Meizu Blue Charm Note will use the MT6572 CPU chip. It will have 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM. Its Home button will be the same small white button found in Meizu’s other phones. Its chassis will be less than 3mm wide. Although Meizu vice-CEO, Li Nan, said that their devices cannot cost 799 RMB and the price has been expected to be around 1000 RMB (161.88 USD), it has now been reported that the Meizu Blue Charm Note will cost at least 799 RMB.

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If you’re asking yourself what gift you want to buy your folks for Christmas that would be very useful for them in this digital age that we live in, you can consider the Cube Talk7x, a tablet that is aimed at older users. To start off this review of the octa-core version of the Talk7X, here are some things worth noting about this tablet:

1. Whereas the Cube Talk5H is 200g, the Talk7x is only 75g.
2. It has support for GSM and WCDMA networks as well as dual-SIM. The big SIM slot support China Unicom 3G. When you install the MIUI OS into this device, only the smaller card slot will be 3G-supported.
3. It has a GPS.
4. It has 1GB RAM and 2mp rear-facing camera.

Appearance

        The left and right sides of the Cube Talk7X’s frame are narrower than the top and bottom, making this phone look narrow and long. This makes it easier and comfortable for the user to hold. It has a speaker and microphone like many other tablets. Beside the speaker are the .3mp front-facing camera and light and proximity sensors. The craftsmanship is impressive.

This phone uses a very popular color scheme where the front is black and the back is white. The Talk5H follows the same pattern.

Imprinted on the back is the phrase “Made in China” which the Talk5h does not have.

Let’s take another look at the Cube Talk7X’s size. It has a bigger screen (7 inches) than its rival, the Xiaomi Red Mi (5.5 inches). This can give the user a great viewing experience.

II. GPS test

       At first, the GPS satellite signal was pretty stable, and did not get disconnected after an hour of driving. Overall, it is very reliable.

III. Cellphone features

 Since the Talk7X is a phone tablet, we cannot finish this review without mentioning its cellphone capabilities. Even with earphones, when somebody calls you, it still rings through the speakers.

IV. Battery life

        Before we discuss this tablet’s battery life and endurance, it is important to mention that the Cube Talk7X uses the MTK MT8392 processor. This 28nm chipset uses Cortex-A7 cores. It can be seen as the tablet version of the MT6572 which is not compatible with MID devices. Like the MT6572, the MT8392 has support for 3G (TD/WCDMA internet) and 2.5G EDGE networks. It has a frequency of 1.2GHz and has support for DDR3 memory.

It can be said that the MT8312 was designed for low-end tablets, but with a battery supply of 2700mAh, how long can we use the Talk7x?

With the 3G and GPS on, after an hour and 10 minutes, 41% of the power is used. When you turn on the WiFi and use QQ or play games for an hour, it uses up 28%.

This kind of endurance is not enough for making phone calls and such. 

V. Conclusion 

       Pros:

1. It only cost 399 RMB (65.19 USD).
2. The craftsmanship is excellent.
3. GPS is great. 
4.  Octa-core processor works smoothly on 1024×600 resolution
5. Dual SIM phablet

Cons:

1. Camera pixel can not be used as a regular phone.
2. Battery life is not that good at least for heavy usrs like me.

Overall, this tablet is not bad and is worth the price.

Here are more pictures of this phone.

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At present, many domestic smartphone manufacturer are equipped their products with MediaTek MT6572 and MT6582 chipset, and now those phone are already sold on the market. But I’m quite sure that not many people is understand about what the diferent between the MT6588 and MT6592 chipset. And now we want to show you about the short description about those chips.

Here are the tabel of MT6572, MT6582, MT6588, MT6592 basic parameters, so that we have the impression, in order to tell you about.

Process aspects: whether the low-end dual-core MT6572 or high-end eight-core MT6592, are used 28nm process. MT6572 and MT6582 which is the use of a common 28nm process, while the Advanced Edition Quad Core MT6588 and MT6592 is the use of 28nm HPM process, HPM is actually short for High Performance Mobile, meaning low-power mobile high-energy processes.

Frequency and cache: frequency aspects MT6572, MT6582 uses a 1.3GHz, L2 cache which is mainly different. The Advanced version MT6588 is clocked using 1.7GH, L2 cache and MT6582 same. Eight core MT6592 is the use of an optional 1.7 ~ 2.0GHz frequency, while L2 cache upgrade to 1MB. According to current news, the first listing of eight core MT6592 will use the 1.7Ghz frequency, perhaps 2.0Ghz frequency will be the advanced version of the chip used in frequency, then the chip code should also be renamed.

Memory : At present only Advanced version quad-core and eight-core MT6592 MT6588 increase LPDDR3 666MHz support. Compared to the now widespread use of LPDDR2, LPDDR3 bring a higher data transfer rate, bandwidth, energy efficiency, storage density, such as data rate of 1600Mbps, than their predecessors LPDDR2 1066Mbps add a whole half.

Video coding: Only Premium quad and eight-core MT6592 MT6588 increase HEVC/V9 coding standards support. HEVC: High Efficiency Video Coding, is a new video compression standard. Support HEVC coding standards, for consumers, we can enjoy a higher quality of 4K video, 3D Blu-ray, high-definition television programs. In decoding mode, the MediaTek MT6592 decoding HEVC (H.265) FHD video consumes less power than the existing market quad-core solution for low 18%. In playback mode, MediaTek MT6592 can provide users with 20% frame rate improvement.

GPU: the list of chips are used ARM Mali GPU processor family. Which ARM Mali 450-MP Die area of ​​8.6 mm2, based on quad-core design, built-in 256 KB L2 shared cache, running at 240MHz (40nm LP) or 480MHz (40nm GP), running at 480MHz speeds, the data throughput up to 104M triangles / s. In 4xFSAA (FSAA) mode, Mali 450-MP can provide the quality 2K and 4K display, support OpenGL v2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 effects.

Maximum Supported resolutions: due to performance limitations, MT6572 supports only up QHD level, MT6582 supports HD is the highest level. Premium and eight nuclear MT6592 MT6588 is available up to 1080P resolution level.

Network support: both support HSPA + Rel.8 21Mbps/5.76Mbps.

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As former report, LG will release a triple SIM cards smartphone, with MTK processor, but this phone will only launch in Brazil. Today, we get news from Goophone, they also will lauch a similar triple SIM cards smartphone soon.

The new triple SIM cards phone named Goophone X1+, this is a upgraded from former X1 phone, a cheapest MTK 4-cores phone. This new Goophone X1+ phone will has MTK dual-core MT6572 processor, this chip has 1.2GHz frequency, and save power than former dual-core chipset.

Goophone X1+ is just a entry-class phone, it has 5-inch screen, but only 854*480 pixel display, and 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM, with 5MP rear camera. This phone will install Android 4.1 OS. This phone price is only $149.99 on Android-inside store.

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The development of low-cost hardware for mobile devices is rapidly growing especially for Android  devices. Cheap hardware choices or high-quality hardware that was widely available in the market.

Mediatek is one of the chipset manufactirer is preaparing their new products. MediaTek also just released MT6589 processor last year.

And now they ready to released the new MT6572 processor which is codenamed Wu Song. This is SoC processor is built using 28nm technology and ARM-based Cortex-A7 architecture. There is a Mali 400MP GPU. This processor can running up to 1.2GHz clock speed.

This processor supports GSM, EDGE and TD-SCDMA. Regarding the product, the MediaTek is expected to start mass producing in May of this year.

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