Alcatel Idol X+, Huawei Glory 4 tipped to sport new MediaTek octa-core chip
Now that MediaTek
has outed is own octa-core processor, which it boasts as the world's
first true octa-core, manufacturers seem to be quite eager to put it in
their devices. Both Alcatel and Huawei are now rumored to be putting the
chip into their next mid- to high-end smartphones.
MediaTek might not be the first to come out with an octa-core chip,
but it is trying to make a name for itself in that arena through pricing
and by somewhat belittling its competition. The MediaTek MT6592, which
it announced
last week, boasts of 2 GHz clock speeds for each of its 8 cores. But
more importantly, the chip's selling point is its ability to utilize all
cores at any one time, something which, until recently, its competitors
were unable to do. Though Samsung's introduction of Heterogenous Multi-Processing (HMP) into its Exynos 5 Octa chips somewhat makes it a bit moot, there are still some who will prefer MediaTek's more affordable solution.
One such manufacturer is Alcatel,
who has been rumored to be working on the Idol X+. One out of a pair of
leaked photos reveal that the smartphone will be sporting a MediaTek
chip, now believed to be the octa-core MT6592. Other than that, the rest
of the Aclatel Idol X+ hardware list sounds on par with other
smartphones of late, such as a 5-inch 1080p display, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB
of internal storage, and a 13 megapixel rear camera.
