Mediatek are making plans to launch a 4G LTESoC solution to take advantage of China’s growing 4G networks.
4G LTE networks are not common in China. In fact only certain areas in Shenzhen and larger cities have LTE connectivity, which is very limited and only for testing purposes, but the technology is spreading and Chinese telecoms are hoping to receive licenses this during this year.
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Once 4G LTE is available in China, Chinese customers are going to want to jump on to the 4G bandwagon, and Chinesephone makers will be among the first to accommodate them thanks to Mediatek’s newSoC.
Mediatek plan to launch their new MT6290 SoC later this year, in a limited production run meant for phone development. Mediatek say the new 28nm chip will run at least 1.3Ghz and will likely be used by local Chinese brands for their 2014 flagship phones!
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Nice! I’ve been waiting for 4G LTE china phones. Did they say if the SoC is Dual Sim Compatible?
The last I read, China government are planning to carve out 1800/2100 … so it will likely be those two.
Hoping they have proper homework before announcing new chip. Customers All over the world have not been out of their 6589 blunder. They themself dont know the compatibility of 2gb ram with their 6589 chip. This is the perfect example of a novice company.
Is it quad core processor or dual core……..???? And it’s based on ARM A7/ A9/ A15…..????
Dual a15/dual a7 sounds great.
@ ash
The only reason there was an issue with 2 gigs of ram is because they did not release any kernel source.