Nothing Phone (2a) to be powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 7200

Nothing has been cooking a more affordable device to complement the Phone (2) in its roster. This has been referred to by various leaksters as Phone (2a), and it’s apparently slated to launch at the end of February during MWC in Barcelona. Today a video of a sketch of the handset has been leaked, showing […]

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MediaTek’s Dimensity 8300 brings potent gaming, Generative AI to mid-range phones

After launching the impressive Dimensity 9300 processor for flagship smartphones, MediaTek has unveiled a slightly lower-end chip: Dimensity 8300. But it is still a very potent chip and is targeted to be used in higher mid-range smartphones. The Dimensity 8300 is a step down compared to the Dimensity 9300 but offers powerful gaming chops and […]

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MediaTek’s new chip is a reminder that time’s running out for Exynos

MediaTek came out all guns blazing with the Dimensity 9300, its new flagship smartphone processor. Just a few years ago, the Taiwanese chip firm was viewed as a supplier of average low-end and mid-range chips. However, the company has turned around its fortune over the past three years with remarkable determination, and Samsung should learn […]

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MediaTek’s answer to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, Exynos 2400 launching next month

MediaTek has finally revealed when it plans to announce its next-generation flagship smartphone chipset, the Dimensity 9300. The upcoming chip is expected to power multiple flagship smartphones next year and will be announced on November 6, 2023, in China. It will compete with the Exynos 2400 that was announced earlier this month and the Snapdragon […]

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Flashback: MediaTek’s Helio X20 chip with 10-core CPU was ahead of their time

Modern smartphone chipsets are awesome – their CPUs reach incredible clock speeds of up to 3.46GHz on the iPhone 14 Pro series (Apple A16). The Android rivals aren’t far behind at 3.36GHz with the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 2. But while raising the clock speed is a simple way to increase performance, it comes with major […]

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MediaTek’s Dimensity 8200 specs leak, minor upgrade over the 8100

The Dimensity 8200 still isn’t official, but we already know that it will power up Xiaomi Redmi phones and the upcoming iQOO 7 SE. And now thanks to prolific tipster Digital Chat Station we get the SoC’s key specs and they suggest a minor upgrade over the Dimensity 8100. It would employ the same 4x […]

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Lenovo Tab Extreme will be the first tablet to sport MediaTek’s Dimensity 9000 SoC

Lenovo is taking Android tablets more and more seriously by the day, it seems. It already had an interesting offering in the P12 Pro, but that’s apparently due for a successor, and this has now leaked courtesy of the Google Play Console. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the upcoming Lenovo Tab Extreme. The name is, perhaps […]

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Dimensity 9200 processor goes official as MediaTek’s first SoC with mmWave 5G support

Early next year, Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra, featuring the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. But how good will that new chipset be? Well, the MediaTek Dimensity 9200, which went official yesterday, should give us a fair idea about Qualcomm’s upcoming flagship chipset. Previous leaks have […]

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MediaTek’s flagship chip that rivals Galaxy S23’s processor is launching next week

MediaTek is finally all set to unveil its flagship Dimensity processor for 2023 at an event in China. On November 8, the Taiwanese chip firm will take the wraps off its Dimensity 9200 processor, which has been making the rounds in the rumor mill for quite some time now. An AnTuTu benchmark surfaced last week, showing its […]

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MediaTek’s Dimensity 1080 chipset brings 200MP camera support to budget phones

Mid-range smartphones these days not only boast good performance but also come with high-resolution cameras. And most likely, the chip inside such mid-range or budget smartphones is the one from MediaTek. After releasing some top-tier chipsets, MediaTek finally unveiled the Dimensity 1080, which is the successor to last year’s popular Dimensity 920 processor. The MediaTek […]

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MediaTek’s revenue up 33% thanks to strong sales of Dimensity 8000/9000

Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek has shown significant growth in the last year. With the release of its Dimensity 8000 and 9000 series, MediaTek has seen positive response from OEMs wishing to include MediaTek’s higher-tier Dimensity chips on their flagships. Thanks in part to this, the company’s revenue has increased by 33%. Oppo, Realme, OnePlus, vivo, Xiaomi, […]

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MediaTek’s Dimensity 8100 leaks, promises Snapdragon 888-like performance

In a new Weibo post, Digital Chat Station revealed the key specs of MediaTek’s upcoming Dimensity 8100 chipset. A second post also revealed that the SoC will likely debut with an upcoming Redmi smartphone next month. The Dimensity 8100 is rumored to employ four Cortex-A78 cores ticking at 2.85GHz and four Cortex-A55 cores running at […]

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