MediaTek isn't buying Intel mobile
But is planning something big
One of our industry contacts told us a rumor that MediaTek might acquire Intel’s mobile division. We asked a few people within the mobile department, and it appears this is not happening.
MediaTek expects profits to rise
But margins will fall
MediaTek expects to post revenue growth of 24-32 percent in the second quarter of 2016, but also thinks its gross margins for the quarter will fall.
Samsung cranks up third gen FinFET process
Lower electricity and cheaper
Samsung Electronics is introducing a third 14-nano FinFET system semiconductor process that has lower electricity consumption and production cost than previous cost.
UMi Touch 2 comes with Helio X25
Helio X25 not just for Meizu
UMi is one of the strongest performing Chinese brands which becamse popular because of its sub $200 phones. Recently the outfit announced its UMi Touch phone powered with MTK6753 octa core and now it seems that its successor, UMi Touch 2 is a Helio X25 phone.
Meizu Pro 6 does well against 2015 SoCs
Helio X25 vs Exynos 7420 vs Snapdragon 652
The first benchmarks of the Meizu Pro 6 have surfaced with Gizchina testing it against the Samsung Note 5 with Exynos 7420 and the 2016 Oppo R9 Plus with the Snapdragon 652.
100K Meizu M3 Notes sold in seven minutes
More arriving in few days
Meizu M3 Note is a great deal for 799 Yen (109.85 EUR or $123 USD) and the sales in China proved that. Meizu managed to sell 100,000 phones within seven minutes.
Meizu Pro 6 is officially out
Three colours, 32GB and 64GB
The wait for the most significant Helio X25 design is over. The Meizu Pro 6 is out with its 5.2 inch phone, pressure sensitive screen, USB Type-C with 3.1 speeds, HiFi lite and fast charging.
Meizu Pro 6 picture released by CEO
Mid-April launch
The Meizu CEO, Jack Wong, has released a picture of a black Meizu Pro 6 phone. We saw this phone before, and people even mistaken it for an iPhone 7 and we have to admit it looks rather nice.
Meizu M3 Note has been released
In the shops on April 11
Meizu M3 Note has been officially released with the specification we revealed before.
Meizu confirms Helio X25 exclusivity
MediaTek preaches open hands policy
Meizu will exclusively launch with Helio X25 processor and the CEO of Meizu has confirmed this on the public channel, but still, MediaTek responds that it is likely to expect more Helio X25 devices at later date.