
Oppo officially announces Oppo R9 and R9 Plus
Mediatek Helio P10 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 652
Oppo has officially announced its new Oppo R9 and Oppo R9 Plus in China and while both will have the same design and should be praised by selfie lovers due to 16MP front camera, there are quite a few differences in terms of hardware.

Snapdragon 820 SoC might cost $70
Compared to $30 for Helio X20
Qualcomm is definitely back in the high-end phone game with the Snapdragon 820. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5, two flagship phones, are using the Qualcomm chip, and now the China based analyst quoted by our colleagues claims the Snapdragon 820 might cost Qualcomm as much as $70 per SoC.

Mediatek will meet its guidance
Made $404.7 million in the last month
MediaTek has said that it is on track to meet its earning guidelines for February.

Vernee Apollo has Helio X20 under the bonnet
Newcomer has 5.5 inch, 6GB RAM, 128GB ROM
A new player in China based phone market has appeared called Vernee and it has showcased a working prototype of its Vernee Apollo 5.5 inch phone powered by a Helio X20.

Helio X20 supports DTS Headphone:X
Helio X25 supports it too
MediaTek has just announced that its flagship Helio X20 and Helio X25 will support the DTS's immersive Headphone:X sound technology.

MediaTek confirms Helio X25
Faster iteration of Helio X20
MediaTek has told Fudzilla that the Helio X25 SoC is not only real, but that it is a "turbo" version of the Helio X20.

Indian Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has Snapdragon 650
International version with Helio X10 also available
Today is a good day for the Snapdragon 650 Cortex A72-based SoCs. First Samsung announced an A9 and A9 Pro and now Xiaomi has a new phone using the SoC too.

MediaTek sales targets unharmed by earthquake
Despite postponed deliveries
MediaTek saw some postponed deliveries of some chips from TSMC, and there had been fears that it might not meet its sales guidance.

MediaTek wants to lead in 5G
Exclusive: MediaTek CTO talks to Fudzilla
MediaTek is flat out developing its 5G technology because it wants to be the first to market with the game-changing technology.

MediaTek and Nokia show off new IoT networking
Extended Coverage Enhanced General Packet Radio Service
MediaTek and Nokia have used MWC 2016 to show off their "Extended Coverage Enhanced General Packet Radio Service" (EC-EGPRS).