We had seen four new products from Xiaomi, through a leaked product roadmap. Now, we have another leak, thanks to upleaks which reveals a new Xiaomi Redmi device with specific set of configurations.

The leak reveals that the phone will have the trademark Redmi red color buttons at the bottom, just below the display. We can’t tell anything about the body of the phone from the picture, but it is said that it will be made out of metal.

As for the specs, the new Redmi device is rumored to feature a 1080p screen of unknown size, equipped with eight-core MT6795 processor, and built-in 2GB of RAM. The phone will be running Android 5.0 or 5.1 and will support dual SIM card dual standby. The rear camera will be of 13MP (Samsung S5K3M2) while the 5MP front shooter will be the OmniVision OV5670. Like most recent smartphones, the device will support dual 4G LTE networks.

It is said that the company will launch the device in July, which is just couple of months away. As for the pricing, expect it to be around the 1000 Yuan mark. So, this redmi device will most likely be placed below the company’s latest offering, the Xiaomi Mi4i.

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Constant innovation can be seen in the ever growing mobile market with huge manufacturers, such as Qualcomm and Samsung being on the forefront with their powerful OctaCore chipsets. However, MediaTek is aiming at the high-end mobile marketplace, releasing their own OctaCore devices and by launching the MT6795 high-performance processor. While former MTK chipsets, including the MT6595 and the MT6752 are already featured on a number of 3000 mid level models, the new MT6795 will help MTK reach the high end mobile market once again.

HTC E9

One of the first MT6795 phones to feature the OctaCore processor that will hit both the worldwide and the Chinese mobile markets is the HTC E9. Featuring a QuadHD 5.5 inch screen, the device will harness the power of the processor with the help of 3GB of RAM. Delivering a seamless end-user experience, HTC E9 will have as much as 32 GB of internal memory and will be running the latest Android 5.0 Lollipop mobile operating system. Compared to its cheaper sibling, the HTC M9, the device holds up pretty good and being priced at 2999 yuan it has quite the competitive edge.

LeTV X600

Another one of the MT6795 phones that will feature the 2.2GHz OctaCore processor is the LeTV X600. Running Android 5.0 Lollipop, the smartphone will feature a 5.5 Full HD 1080p screen, 16 GB of internal storage and as much as 2GB of RAM. Supporting 4G, the price is currently unknown. However, according to speculation, the LeTV X600 will hit the market anywhere between 999 and 1999 yuan.

Vivo X7

A number of rumors have hit the web, regarding the upcoming successor of the Vivo X5. While little is currently certain, regarding the Vivo X7, the device is said to feature the latest MTK OctaCore MT6795 processor. According to insiders, the new high-performance chip will result in a faster device that is able to compete on the high-end mobile market.

OPPO R7

Quite infamous on the Chinese mobile market, OPPO is becoming a staple of Chinese mobile manufacturers. According to industry sources, the latest flagship from the company, the OPPO R7, will feature a 20.7 MP camera and the device will be a MT6795 Phone, featuring the OctaCore processor, resulting in a powerful multimedia smartphone.

Meizu MX4

During the Mobile World Congress, the MT6795 OctaCore processor was unveiled to the public via an upgraded version of the Meizu MX4. Breaking the late launch tradition of Meizu, the new MX4 is said to be released in the second quarter of this year, transitioning to a full 64-bit architecture with the help of the MT6795 and Xiaolong 810. This will result in a faster Meizu MX4 flagship, not only delivering better photos, but an overall greater mobile multimedia experience. Furthemore, running the latest version of Android 5.0 Lollipop, the new Meizu MX4 will be able to fully take advantage of its hardware, resulting in an amazing mid-range 64-bit flagship.

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We earlier reported that Letv, the famous video content provider in China was planning to expand its product portfolio with a new smartphone. Now, new reports claim that there will be two different versions of the device, one high end and the other with slightly lower specs.

The high end version will be powered by Qualcomm’s best SoC till date, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 and the second one will be powered by the new Mediatek SoC, the MT6795. The source reveals that the high end version will come with a 5.5-inch 2K resolution display, 4GB RAM and Hi-Fi grade audio chips for the best video performance. There will be camera sensor larger than 21MP at the back. Basically, it looks like letv is targeting a high end smartphone with top of the line video performance.

The latest AnTuTu benchmark results confirm a new Snapdragon 810 powered letv phone. In the test, the phone scored well over 63,350 points which is pretty impressive. However, the phone was running on 1080p display resolution and when its bumped up to 2K, the performance drops to a certain extent and the score reduces to 55,044.

The AnTuTu benchmark of MT6795 (model X600) was also recently leaked and it showed that the device scored above 50,000 points, well over MX4 and Snapdragon 801 powered Xiaomi Mi Note.

We still haven’t received any official spec details, pricing or availability of the phone, but stay tuned for more details.

UPDATE: Earlier today, Jia Yueting, the Chairman of Letv revealed on Weibo that the company’s phone will feature a premium all metal design.

We have even got a picture of the upcoming device which reveals the letv logo at the back. And to be honest, the overall finish of the phone does looks quite good.

Check out the picture down below.

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Mediatek has been gaining some ground lately with many established manufacturers going with their low cost yet powerful processors. In fact, just a few hours back, we reported that the new Sony Xperia E4G will use Mediatek’s MT6732 quad-core SoC.

A few weeks back, the product roadmap for Mediatek was leaked and in that image we saw an interesting processor which was going to be announced in Q4 2015. The image revealed that the SoC will be built on the advanced 20nm process and support LTE networks. Looks like the rumored processor could be the upgraded version of the MT6795, the upcoming MT6796.

It is said that the MT6796 will be an octa-core 64-bit processor which will support high speed 4G LTE Cat. 6 networks. This will allow download speeds up to 300 Mbps. Naturally, the processor will be targeted at the high end market.

The current MT6795 processor is built on a 28nm process and has just entered mass production. It is said that many domestic as well as international OEMs have decided to incorporate this high end processors in their devices, but we have not yet seen any major releases from these manufacturers.

However, since the SoC has entered mass production and a major tech event is just around the corner, we may see some MT6795 powered smartphones at MWC 2015. Back in January, we saw a variant of HTC One M9 in the benchmark tests using this new Mediatek SoC, and if its true, then we could see the device in action at the event in Barcelona.

Anyways, lets wait and watch whether we’ll see some Mediatek powered smartphones at MWC this year.

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MT6595 was one of the best processors released by Mediatek in the past few months. However, we didn’t see many smartphones running this octa-core SoC. In fact, most smartphone these days are opting for a slightly slower but with a 64-bit architecture, MT6752. Mediatek’s MT6795 will reportedly bring the 64-bit architecture to the high end platform and now, we have a glimpse of what could be the first smartphone to use this processor.

A recent entry on GFXBench reveals some of the details of a device code named k6795v1_64. The entry is interesting because it shows that the phone runs on the MT6795 processor along with 3GB RAM. MT6795 is based on the ARM’s Cortex A53 architecture (not A57 which is a lot more powerful but battery consuming) with eight cores clocked at 1.9GHz. For GPU, the phone has PowerVR G6200. The listing also reveals that the phone features a 5MP camera and a 4.6-inch 2K display! Finally, it comes with 32GB internal storage and runs on the latest Android 5.0 OS.

The overall specifications of the phone are quite unusual, especially with a 2K display on a 4.6-inch screen as well as a low end 5MP shooter.

However, we think this might be a test unit and not a retail product. Companies are known to test their products on various benchmark sites before releasing it publicly and this just might be the case here. One more reason why we think this is the test unit is because of the naming. The phone is code named k6795v1_64, development board. So, this could just be a unit assembled for testing the capability of the processor.

We expect a lot of new high end affordable smartphones with 2K display and even 3GB RAM to feature this powerful 64-bit MT6795 processor. It could be even mainstream companies like HTC, which is rumored to release a Mediatek powered variant of its flagship device, HTC One M9 in the coming months.

Anyways, stay tuned to the website for more details. Also, check out the GFXBench link down below for more info.

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When there are no improvements done on a phone’s apps and features, there is not really any point in using a processor with so many cores. Qualcomm has said this in regards to why they do not use more cores.

So far, the company that has gone the farthest in developing multi-core cell phone processors is MediaTek. Although Samsung and Qualcomm have produced octa-core processors, none have been able to produce as much as MediaTek. Now, reports say that MediaTek is planning to go even further by releasing a processor with 10 or maybe even 12 cores.

An insider in the cell phone industry revealed that MediaTek is currently coming up with a groundbreaking processor with more than 8 cores. It may have up to 10 and even 12 cores. If things go smoothly, we can expect to see this new multi-core processor in 2015. It will be another great achievement from the Chinese cell phone CPU company. So the question is, is the cell phone world ready for a 10-core or 12-core CPU processor? We will find out soon enough.

MediaTek, or MTK, is a pretty popular cell phone CPU manufacturer in the Chinese mobile phone industry. A lot of companies use their processors. Last year, the company released a series of 64-bit cell phone chips including the MT6795. It was recently reported by the Taiwanese press that HTC will be the first cell phone company to use this processor for its upcoming cell phone, the HTC Hima M9. The MT6795 is a 64-bit octa-core processor with a frequency of 2.2GHz. The Jiayu S3, released last year, also uses a 64-bit processor from MediaTek. This one is called the MTK MT6752 octa-core processor.

Which of these companies will be the first to use a 10-core processor from MediaTek? We’ll find out soon.

Source: MyDriver

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Today, MediaTek held a launch event at Shenzhen where they unveiled the company’s first octa-core 4G chipset—the MT6595.

The MT6595 is made up of four Cortex-A17 cores and four Cortex-A7 cores using big.Little architecture. The eight cores can be turned on at the same time and, at most, have a main frequency of 2.2GHz.

According to MTK, the MT6595 offers a very powerful performance rate, scoring more than 47000 points in the Antutu benchmark test.

Regarding its multimedia specs, the MT6595 supports, at most, a 20mp main camera with a 2560 x 1600 resolution, and H.265 Ultra HD video recording and streaming. As for internet specs, it supports TDD/FDD-LTE, HSPA+, TD-SCDMA, and GSM. For camera specs, it also has dual-ISP and video HR efficiency, supports 120Hz HD video recording and playback.

Besides the MT6595, MediaTek also showed off the new MT6795, their first 64-bit octa-core chipset.

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Mediatek have announced the new MT6795 processor, and it’s pretty special, putting the Snapdragon 801 to shame. The rumours of the new 64bit processors being able to match the Snapdragon 801 are one thing, now the 810 could be under threat from this new monster chipset. Following on from the leaked roadmap last week (see picture below) , which gave us a fleeting glimpse of the MT6795, we have some official details for you. Impressive details they are too.

While Mediatek have stuck to the 28nm manufacturing processor model, they have used a 64bit octacore set-up, consisting of Cortex A53 cores and A57 cores. Although currently the listed specifications clock the MT6795 at 2.2 GHz, we’re likely to get an upgraded 2.5GHz version also, nearer to launch.

The GPU is a PowerV G6200, which we know is good enough, thanks to its similarity to the iPhone 5S hardware, but whether it will be as good as the Adreno 430 which comes with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 remains to be seen.

The processor supports dual channel LPDDR 933MHz memory, Qualcomm gets 64 bit LPDD4F 1600MHz. It also supports display resolution of up to 2560 x 1600, along with cameras up to 20MP, LTE, Glonass, GPS amongst others. Another huge plus is the new MT6795 is pin compatible with the MT6592, meaning that current smartphones could easily be upgraded to the new hardware.

The launch date is intended for the end of 2014, making it likely that first quarter flagship Chinese phones will have the MT6795. It looks as though the bar has been raised, and Qualcomm just might be a little worried.

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On June 15, MediaTek will launch their strongest cell phone microchip yet, the MT6595. Before the launch event, insider analyst @潘九堂 caused a storm by announcing that a yet-to-be-released 64-bit SOC would hit stores before the Chinese New Year, and that its model number is MT6795! 

Product line of MTK’s LTE chips

The MT6795 is at the top of the product line of MTK’s cell phone processors and has been predicted to have more powerful specs than the MT6595 and MT6752. It looks like this is true. The MT6795 can be considered a combination of both octa-core processors, integrating the 6752’s 64-bit octa-core design with the powerful multimedia specs of the 6595.

As previously stated, the MT6795 follows a 64-bit octa-core design. It has CPU main frequency that goes up to 2.2GHz. It will probably use the ARM Cortex-A53 like the MT6752, but the upgrades in main frequency should make it more powerful than the 6752. It also uses LTE Modem, supporting LTE Cat 4 (50Mbps upstream/150Mbps downstream), TD-LTE, FDD-LTE, HSPA + 42M/11M (WCDMA), TD-SCDMA, and GSM.

The MT6795 perfectly inherits the MT6595’s excellent multimedia functions. It supports display screens with 2K resolution, 20mp Ultra HD cameras, and video codecs like the H.265 4K*2K. It still has the IMG PowerVR G6 GPU.

Mass production of the MT6795 should start before the Chinese New Year at the latest.

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