Top 30 HD 1.5Ghz MT6589T Turbo Chinese phones

Chinese phone makers continue to stay at the front of the pack for cutting edge Mediatek powered phones. Here are the top 30 1.5Ghz quad-coreMT6589TChinese phones available now!

Chinese phone makers caught quad-core fever late last year with the introduction of the new Mediatek MT6589 chipset. The 28nm, ARM A7 processor has allowed affordable phones to be manufactured with industry leading features including 1080 display, 13 mega-pixel cameras, 1080 video capture and more!

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The original MT6589 SoC was clocked at 1.2Ghz, but just the past few months has seen the introduction of the 1.5Ghz version of the quad-core chip known as the MT6589T (T for Turbo), which also brings faster graphics performance to the current crop of Chinese phones.

Top 30 HD 1.5Ghz MT6589T Turbo Chinese smartphones

The table below lists currently available (or soon to be released) quad-core1080 phones which use this faster 1.5Ghz MT6589T processor. Excitingly many of the phones mentioned here are already available through international resellers at similar prices to the original 1.2Ghz models.

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- - Benny
    June 23, 2013
    Andi, Is the iOcean X7 Premium actually available and in stock from places? Or is it just another paper launch and vaporware? Ta..

viktor
June 23, 2013
Danger
June 23, 2013
kolyamba
June 23, 2013
burnt_52
June 23, 2013
G4 Turbo before the end of June!? If that’s true and it supports 850MHz WCDMA then I definitely want one!! Its annoying there are no other <5 Inch phones sporting 2GB RAM and large battery 🙁
-Carlos-
June 24, 2013
PPr
June 24, 2013
What about eh Tianhe H920+ ? I have this phone (I believe it was the 1st MTK6589T phone available). It has a 5″ 1920×1080 LCD, 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM and runs Android 4.2.1 for now. It is HTC Butterfly inspired in design and the build quality is ok (sturdy device but still room for improvement). Price is around $230.

Sanjeev
June 24, 2013
Hi Andy..I have been following your site for a very long time and I love the site and its content. I actually bought Jiayu G3 after reading the review here only and I am very happy with it..I have a request..if you can publish list like this but for phones with Gorilla Glass 2 and 3 as this is very important factor.. please publish this report… I know MX58 has Gorilla Glass 3..I hope’ you’ll honor my request

LinuxMint
June 24, 2013
I’d consider it to be so much more helpful, if this table could be expanded to additionallyinclude the supported frequency bands for GSM, W-CDMA (incl. f.e: HSPA+42 and I assume LTE still isn’t on the table yet for those phones), if for WiFi .11n 300Mb/s 2T2R:2 or such is available instead of the primitive 150Mb/s single link version and of course, which version of Bluetooth is built-in, if any at all.
Thanks

Ruben
June 24, 2013
I thnk that you must incluye the tcl idol x. Display 5 ips,, mt6589T, 2gb RAM, 16gb ROM, 13 mpx Sony, 6,9mm thin, 120 gr, 2000 mah battery,…. And the most important thing, it’s on sale now.
Simon
June 24, 2013
But which one is the top of the 30 of the 5″ phones?

Simon
June 24, 2013
Isn’t the iocean x7 commonly known as the Elite rather than Premium? Am in right in that this phone is probably the best of the bunch when you consider it’s price?
I am keen to buy one of these phones purely because they offer so much for less money – but choosing is a mind field – Gizchina could be so much useful/popular if their was more structured testing and even just personal opinion and ratings.
General Youtube and other sites are even less useful – lots of ‘demo’ spec videos and articles – but very few real breakdown and proper reviews – is this just the nature of the fast moving China phone business?

Debashis De
June 24, 2013
Is the Umi X2 Turbo version really available and in stock in China?
Umi India is explicitly saying that X2 Turbo version is not yet out in China and has some problems.
I just want to know the truth. Umi India is publishing many false statements. Is it one of such?
Alex
June 24, 2013

Aapo Tahkola
June 24, 2013
it occurred to me that maybe you could include chinese names for the brand in these lists as the english names are not very widely used in china. manufacturer websites are often useful source of info esp. at least for new firmware. googles chrome can do page translations. also thgeir translator app can pick up chines e from images or photos although tha t does not work all thew well.

Kiran
June 24, 2013
Is there a trusted Chinese website where i can order and get some good discounts as well. Dollar is very expensive right now in India. I can probably order it in Yuan 😀
I have international shipping facility
Also which one of these is a good phone , with 1K-1.2K Yuan budget
Senator
June 24, 2013
Search: 5-inch, 2GB RAM
Find: 3 Models
THX Andi, your table is realy comfortable!
K V Paul
June 24, 2013
Andy, I heard about Faea F2 with MTK6589T 1.5/”GB Ram and NFC from aliexpress. Do you know any thing about this?

Guest
June 24, 2013
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
runnerman
June 24, 2013
wow, the Mlais MX69 looks goooood! I’ll be waiting for its upcoming release to see how it performs.
- zaizu
  June 24, 2013
  looks the same specs as Carpad T65 Flagship – wonder where can buy – is it really 1080
Guest
June 24, 2013
G4 Turbo before the end of June!? If that’s true and it supports 850MHz WCDMA then I definitely want one!! Its annoying there are no other <5 Inch phones sporting 2GB RAM and large battery 🙁

Guest
June 24, 2013
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
What about eh Tianhe H920+ ? I have this phone (I believe it was the 1st MTK6589T phone available). It has a 5″ 1920×1080 LCD, 1GB RAM, 4GB ROM and runs Android 4.2.1 for now. It is HTC Butterfly inspired in design and the build quality is ok (sturdy device but still room for improvement). Price is around $230.

Roberto
June 24, 2013
Hello Andi. Long time reader, first time poster (actually I posted earlier today). I’m an American living in Italy.
I’m finally selling my zp900 so I could get one of these fancy new quad cores. I’ve been waiting for the zp980 2gb version to come out. Seeing as that’s not out yet, or may not even come out (I haven’t seen any news about it in a long while), do you think the C2 2GB/32GB is worth to buy? I feel as though it’s the same as the zp980, especially now that it has gorilla glass.
Basically, I’m in search of a good quality 5″ 1080 phone, quad core, with 2GB ram, and the C2 seems to be the best looking one to me (that’s available atm). Your thoughts?
Can’t wait for your review btw! I keep refreshing the site to see if you’ve completed it, haha.

mon
June 24, 2013
hi andy, the table says that the zopo zp980 flagship is on sale now, but zopomobileshop.com on has the c2 platinum with 1gb/16gb internals. where can i check the 2gb/32gb version of the 980? nice list by the way, it tells me which one is really available in the market. sometimes sellers say they have stock but in fact the phone is not released yet.
Neo N003 looks promising.

Guest
June 24, 2013
Hi Andy..I have been following your site for a very long time and I love the site and its content. I actually bought Jiayu G3 after reading the review here only and I am very happy with it..I have a request..if you can publish list like this but for phones with Gorilla Glass 2 and 3 as this is very important factor.. please publish this report… I know MX58 has Gorilla Glass 3..I hope’ you’ll honor my request

Guest
June 24, 2013
I’d consider it to be so much more helpful, if this table could be expanded to additionallyinclude the supported frequency bands for GSM, W-CDMA (incl. f.e: HSPA+42 and I assume LTE still isn’t on the table yet for those phones), if for WiFi .11n 300Mb/s 2T2R:2 or such is available instead of the primitive 150Mb/s single link version and of course, which version of Bluetooth is built-in, if any at all.
Thanks
Guest
June 24, 2013
I thnk that you must incluye the tcl idol x. Display 5 ips,, mt6589T, 2gb RAM, 16gb ROM, 13 mpx Sony, 6,9mm thin, 120 gr, 2000 mah battery,…. And the most important thing, it’s on sale now.
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
  It is included, but you needed to press the arrow to see it. Changed that now

Guest
June 24, 2013
But which one is the top of the 30 of the 5″ phones?

Guest
June 24, 2013
Isn’t the iocean x7 commonly known as the Elite rather than Premium? Am in right in that this phone is probably the best of the bunch when you consider it’s price?
I am keen to buy one of these phones purely because they offer so much for less money – but choosing is a mind field – Gizchina could be so much useful/popular if their was more structured testing and even just personal opinion and ratings.
General Youtube and other sites are even less useful – lots of ‘demo’ spec videos and articles – but very few real breakdown and proper reviews – is this just the nature of the fast moving China phone business?

Debashis De
June 24, 2013
Is the Umi X2 Turbo version really available and in stock in China?
Umi India is explicitly saying that X2 Turbo version is not yet out in China and has some problems.
I just want to know the truth. Umi India is publishing many false statements. Is it one of such?
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
it occurred to me that maybe you could include chinese names for the brand in these lists as the english names are not very widely used in china. manufacturer websites are often useful source of info esp. at least for new firmware. googles chrome can do page translations. also thgeir translator app can pick up chines e from images or photos although tha t does not work all thew well.
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
  Which name are you after?
- Yash Garg
  June 25, 2013
  I guess he meant ‘Dakele’ instead of ‘big cola’ or something like that.
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
  Big Cola is the English name for Da Kele

Guest
June 24, 2013
Is there a trusted Chinese website where i can order and get some good discounts as well. Dollar is very expensive right now in India. I can probably order it in Yuan 😀
I have international shipping facility
Also which one of these is a good phone , with 1K-1.2K Yuan budget
Edward
June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
Search: 5-inch, 2GB RAM
Find: 3 Models
THX Andi, your table is realy comfortable!
- Guest
  June 24, 2013

Guest
June 24, 2013
Andy, I heard about Faea F2 with MTK6589T 1.5/”GB Ram and NFC from aliexpress. Do you know any thing about this?
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
  Yep, writing up a post about it now 🙂
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
wow, the Mlais MX69 looks goooood! I’ll be waiting for its upcoming release to see how it performs.
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
  looks the same specs as Carpad T65 Flagship – wonder where can buy – is it really 1080

Guest
June 24, 2013
Hello Andi. Long time reader, first time poster (actually I posted earlier today). I’m an American living in Italy.
I’m finally selling my zp900 so I could get one of these fancy new quad cores. I’ve been waiting for the zp980 2gb version to come out. Seeing as that’s not out yet, or may not even come out (I haven’t seen any news about it in a long while), do you think the C2 2GB/32GB is worth to buy? I feel as though it’s the same as the zp980, especially now that it has gorilla glass.
Basically, I’m in search of a good quality 5″ 1080 phone, quad core, with 2GB ram, and the C2 seems to be the best looking one to me (that’s available atm). Your thoughts?
Can’t wait for your review btw! I keep refreshing the site to see if you’ve completed it, haha.
- pa5t1s
  June 24, 2013
  ZP980+ (or v2) is now out, with 2G/32G as well
- Guest
  June 24, 2013
  The one you see for sale on fastcardtech is actually a C2. They are “false advertising”. I saw in the fastcardtech hands on video a C2 sticker behind the battery.
  I think i might just order that one, though.
- pa5t1s
  June 24, 2013
  I’ll tell you the truth in a couple of days 😉

Guest
June 24, 2013
hi andy, the table says that the zopo zp980 flagship is on sale now, but zopomobileshop.com on has the c2 platinum with 1gb/16gb internals. where can i check the 2gb/32gb version of the 980? nice list by the way, it tells me which one is really available in the market. sometimes sellers say they have stock but in fact the phone is not released yet.
- pa5t1s
  June 24, 2013
  check ZP980+ on FCT
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
  Is real 6589T 2g/32g or is something like “cooked” rom?
  We all know Chinese e-shops what is capable to make because profit…
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
  i was ordering this on fct, but it doesnt have an option to pay via paypal. i’ll wait till you get your zp980+ then i’ll try to order from them. if it’s not available to other sellers, it might be falsely advertised.
- pa5t1s
  June 25, 2013
  Paypal is not available because price exceeds 300USD or something, so you won’t have a chance to order that way (unless prices are cut down :P).
  Some sites (maybe zopomobileshop) are less restrictive (500USD).
  Obviously, i found 3 sites claiming to be “official Zopo resellers” :S but none of them advertise the “new” ZP980… “ZP980+” or “ZP980 Plus” is maybe NOT the real product name (refer Andi’s post and his surprise with the sample he got). BTW, none of them advertise the C3, neither… So…
- pa5t1s
  June 25, 2013
  It sometimes happens, right. But i’m rather confident with FCT. Anyway, you DO have to read between the lines 😉
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
  thanks. maybe you can do a guest post of your zp980+ when you get it. 🙂 a review of some sort.
- pa5t1s
  June 25, 2013

Danger
June 24, 2013
What’s the best camera-wise? Or only the big names have good camera? (xiaomi, meizu, etc)
Guest
June 24, 2013
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
Guest
June 24, 2013
It’s of huge use
Guest
June 24, 2013
Andi Will you update the list when the phones are available that have the status soon? 🙂
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
Guest
June 25, 2013
What’s the best camera-wise? Or only the big names have good camera? (xiaomi, meizu, etc)
- Guest
  June 25, 2013
  I watched a youtube video of a Zopo ZP980 and the camera quality was extremely good.

Excelter
June 25, 2013
- Dimas
  June 26, 2013
Valmiki
June 25, 2013
Dear Andi,
Please answer my question: Which Of these Companies have the Best Built Quality overall??
1) Gionee
2) Zopo
3) Oppo
4) Umi
5) Iocean

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