Sony working on 5-inch midrange device with qua-core MT chip

Alexey Zhukov

11:39, April 1, 2013

According to industry sources Sony is looking to expand its portfolio by bringing an affordable quad-core 5-incher to market. Details on specs are scarce but the device may be powered by the MediaTek MT6589 SoC, which offers four Cortex-A7 cores.

According to said sources the device production will be outsourced to Arima.

Sony working on 5-inch midrange device with qua-core MediaTek chip

Arima is working with Sony on the budget-friendly Xperia E. Sony is also reportedly working with Compal Communications and Foxconn and plans for them to produce between 8 and 10 million devices this year.

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