HTC may have just announced a stunning new flagship in the One M8, but the Taiwanese company actually vowed to place a greater focus on more affordable midrange offerings for 2014.
We’ve already seen two of those in the Desire 610 and the Desire 816, which were announced at MWC — and now a third, the Desire 616, has popped up in China ahead of its official unveiling.
HTC today added a new entry-level handset to its Desire smartphone family. It’s called the Desire 310, and it’s the Taiwanese company’s first handset powered by a MediaTek processor. Other highlights include a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, and HTC BlinkFeed.
If you thought Samsung was the only company capable of launching a hexa-core chipset, think again. Taiwanese chip maker MediaTek appears to be working on its very own six core chipset to combat Samsung’s Exynos 5260 Hexa.
Chinese manufacturer MediaTek is known for its affordable quad-core chipsets that are used in several low cost smartphones around the world. But the company is now looking to make a big entry into the top-end market with the launch of its new MT6595 octa-core chipset.
Acer is the latest company to venture into the ultra-affordable smartphone market with its latest budget-friendly handset, the Liquid Z5. According to the manufacturer, the device will go on sale in mid-January with a suggested retail price tag of $230, making it a bit more expensive than Motorola’s budget handset, which you can grab for $170.
