Processors are one of the most important factors of a mobile phone, and
it has been developed by the large players quite frequently in order to stay
updated with the latest trend while providing utmost flexibility and smooth
experiences to the users.
The latest buzz is that the world’s largest smartphone maker Samsung might explore MediaTek's
quad and octa core processors for its low to budget
mobile phones in 2014. It simply means the South Korean tech major is finally
ready to go for Cheap Chinese Chipset (CCC), and it is also reported that this
move will help the company to establish its dominance in the low-cost mobile
arena too from the next year onwards.
MediaTek processors are one
of the cheapest ones that are presently available in the market, and Samsung
might eventually dump Broadcom which it has presently been using on its several
low cost phones.
The interesting point is
many local Indian and Chinese Android producing brands are already using MediaTek
chipsets on their phones, and it is working quite well for them. This basically
prompts the largest mobile maker to consider these low-priced chipsets in their
low-cost handsets to cut short the wages and boost up the profits.
However, the initial
reviews of the MediaTek processors were not that much promising. In fact many
leading review publications are still very much unimpressed with these chipsets
especially in the terms of graphics-heavy tasks like 3D gaming, HD viewing or smooth
interface handling. Even the Quad Core processors failed to earn the soft
corners of those review experts. Now Samsung is likely to use them on their
phones of 2014. Will this be able to change the reviews or concepts around
these cheap chipsets? Only time has the exact answer to it.
But in the mean time we
shouldn’t forget that still there is enough time, and it is very expected that
by that time the newer versions of the MediaTek processors should come onboard,
and those might be able to live up to the expectations by providing ample
performances, smooth interface handling option, and many other things while
keeping the power draw to minimum.
As per reports Samsung will
sign the agreement for the latter half of 2014 period, and from that time only the
Chinese player will eventually start shipping their silicon in large volumes.
In simpler words from next
year the low-end phones will come with cheaper manufacturing cost for the Samsung,
and it is easily understandable that the company will also reduce the price as
a good result of that to target the larger audience of these two countries
China and India.
