Bluboo kicking the door down on the 6-inch 2K flagship market

That’s speculation not official info. The official info is Q2, for now anyway. The press is too lazy to do their job and find that info but they are more than happy to report on random things said on Weibo.

P10 is here, X20 soon and X30 will take a while but at some point all 3 will be in the market.

Still there is a gap between P10 and X20 that SD65x fills.

P10 has some geekbench results, search for MT6755 and MT6755m and you’ll see a Lenovo and a Gionee. If devices are already showing up, it’s clear they’ll launch soon. We also know that the P10 is shipping and some power numbers from mediatek were published (in chinese) http://news.mydrivers.com/1/464/464743.htm

MT6752 idle screen 39mA, and Helio P10 26mA

Angry Birds MT6752 242mA, and Helio P10 158mA

music playback MT6752 33mA, Helio P10 26mA;

H264 video playback MT6752 166mA, P10 120mA

shooting H264 video, MT6752 300mA, Helio P10 210mA

web browsing MT6752 397mA, Helio P10 240mA.

Ofc that’s power consumption for just the SoC not the entire device but nice savings.

X20 has some Geekbench results (MT6797) and they were very nice, for the GPU they should have the same GPU as Kirin 950 just lower clocks at 70MHz vs 900MHz. So you can take that, adjust for clocks and then add a bit since Mediatek should have a slightly better interconnect and memory controller.

X30 is unclear what it is and ofc if they get into trouble,the delays would be long. On 16ff the chip spends up to 3 months in the fab so any respin is a big delay.

Ask Mediatek if they’ve heard of U1Labs and their claim they will be the first to get 1080P 480FPS up and running on first phone. They showed some demo footage last week that was 120fps at best and have bunkered down insisting it will be ready next week. HTC couldn’t or didn’t (yet) do it, so I really doubt they can, especially if not talking to MTK.

Thanks, that would be appreciated. I think there’s a few thousand people whose fingers might get burnt depending on the reality.

Crikey. OK big job, hope that goes well. Blu phone with Windows on sold very well on Amazon UK over Xmas on Daily deals below £40. Only model they sell here (Jnr something), but budget sells well and they got great reviews for price.

Just wondering, you seem be the right person to ask. Microsoft is, ahem, sitting on a not-so-small pile of you-know-what.

Wouldn’t the easiest way to close the app gap be to simply put a price on the heads of the top rated apps for iOS and Android, paying the devs to release a WP version (either for the same price as on other platforms, or subsidised per copy installed)? The devs could release a WP version themselves, or license their source to a third party if they wish, splitting the M$ payout.

I understand that the folks at Microsoft have some programming experience, they could get in on the game directly, offering to buy the rights to port to WP on favorable terms. (The port remains the property of the devs, just they have to maintain availability for WP on the same terms as other platforms.)

Has someone thought of this? Why, or why isn’t it, a good idea?

Isn’t that essentially what RIM already tried? I didn’t realize that was still considered a viable strategy.

So you’re betting on people having a dedicated work phone, beside a personal device?

Wouldn’t it be more attractive to get a Priv?

There’s a crowdfunding project to get Windows desktop running on a phone (can’t remember the details offhand, Bing it). That’s MS’s real strength, with a well-developed app ecosystem. Maybe there’s some potential there.

^Syncphone.

What about Syncphone? Do you think there’s any potential for a laptop in your pocket, external display optional?

Ultimately, if the concept works, it’s not just limited to Windows.

> Mediatek has a long history of offering multiple versions of the same chip

so does Qualcomm, or intel .. in fact, this is the norm, not the exception in the industry 🙂