MediaTek and LTE: first results
As you know, until recently chipsets with integrated LTE modems were available only in the Qualcomm lineup. That is why the overwhelming majority of Android smartphones sold in the West are based on the platforms of this manufacturer: local operators who have invested in the development of fourth-generation networks need to beat the money, and they “order” smartphone developers to implement LTE in their models. That is why the modifications of the Samsung Galaxy S5 for the United States, Europe, South Korea and, by the way, Russia use Qualcomm chipsets, and in the version for the same Ukraine, Exynos, where LTE support is not provided.
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The Taiwanese company MediaTek, the eternal rival of Qualcomm, has ordered the path to developed markets until recently: there were no solutions with LTE in its lineup. However, at the beginning of 2014, things got off the ground: at CES 2014, Taiwanese showed a separate module (yes, this is not an integrated solution, but better than nothing), MediaTek MT6290 modem, which also supports LTE. Then, the top MT6595 and MT6732 chipsets were announced, which also have support for fourth-generation networks, but devices based on them will be available for sale towards the end of the year. That is, not "here" and not "now."
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But the MT6290 is available to smartphone developers today, and the first devices with it on board were not long in coming. The very first was Vodafone Smart Power 4 - a camera model designed primarily for the British market. In it, the MT6290 is adjacent to the MT6582 chipset, which is well known for an inexpensive smartphone, which are also sold in the domestic market.
Vodafone Smart Power 4
By the way, about the latter: “MegaFon” the other day began to begin selling the Alcatel One Touch POP S7 LTE smartphone, which uses exactly such a bunch of components from MediaTek. While the device looks slightly overvalued: for 9 thousand rubles a smartphone with a qHD-screen (540 x 960 pixels), a 5-megapixel camera and so on is offered. But it’s the beginning of the trouble: knowing how close MediaTek has to do with local Russian brands and Chinese factories that serve them, by the end of the year a whole galaxy of inexpensive “fast internet” smartphones can appear in Russia.
Finally, I’ll add that previously, Russian brands were cool about LTE - largely because the creation of such a device involved working with Qualcomm, which, according to some backstage data, is usually somewhat less simple than with MediaTek. Therefore, the device with LTE and Qualcomm chipset so far has only one Russian brand - talking about the Highscreen Spider smartphone (HD720p screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 8 megapixel camera, etc.), which is estimated at about 10 thousand rubles now.
Internet collage
The Taiwanese company MediaTek, the eternal rival of Qualcomm, has ordered the path to developed markets until recently: there were no solutions with LTE in its lineup. However, at the beginning of 2014, things got off the ground: at CES 2014, Taiwanese showed a separate module (yes, this is not an integrated solution, but better than nothing), MediaTek MT6290 modem, which also supports LTE. Then, the top MT6595 and MT6732 chipsets were announced, which also have support for fourth-generation networks, but devices based on them will be available for sale towards the end of the year. That is, not "here" and not "now."
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But the MT6290 is available to smartphone developers today, and the first devices with it on board were not long in coming. The very first was Vodafone Smart Power 4 - a camera model designed primarily for the British market. In it, the MT6290 is adjacent to the MT6582 chipset, which is well known for an inexpensive smartphone, which are also sold in the domestic market.
Vodafone Smart Power 4
By the way, about the latter: “MegaFon” the other day began to begin selling the Alcatel One Touch POP S7 LTE smartphone, which uses exactly such a bunch of components from MediaTek. While the device looks slightly overvalued: for 9 thousand rubles a smartphone with a qHD-screen (540 x 960 pixels), a 5-megapixel camera and so on is offered. But it’s the beginning of the trouble: knowing how close MediaTek has to do with local Russian brands and Chinese factories that serve them, by the end of the year a whole galaxy of inexpensive “fast internet” smartphones can appear in Russia.
Finally, I’ll add that previously, Russian brands were cool about LTE - largely because the creation of such a device involved working with Qualcomm, which, according to some backstage data, is usually somewhat less simple than with MediaTek. Therefore, the device with LTE and Qualcomm chipset so far has only one Russian brand - talking about the Highscreen Spider smartphone (HD720p screen, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400, 8 megapixel camera, etc.), which is estimated at about 10 thousand rubles now.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/231915/
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