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If it feels like yesterday you read our in-depth review of the dual-core Meizu MX, you’re not too far from the truth. In reality, it’s been just over seven months and we’ve already moved onto the smartphone’s quad-core sequel, aptly named the Meizu MX 4-core. Not only is it easy to confuse the two phones by name, but good luck trying to tell which one is which. Indeed, the two handsets are quite similar both inside and out, with the exception of some improvements in a couple rows on the ‘ol spec sheet.

The biggest surprise isn’t necessarily the speed with which the company cranked out a second MX, and it’s not even the reasonable price (HK$3,099, or US$400, or the 32GB version, and HK$4,099 / US$530 for the 64GB). Nope, it’s seeing Meizu, a manufacturer known for its copycat products, evolving into a relevant player beyond its native China. So how does this latest effort stack up? Read on to find out.

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The Raspberry Pi made quite a splash by offering a cheap way of computing to students or developings using a 700Mhz ARM11 processor. Now a Korean company has created a similar board utilizing a much more powerful quad-core Exynos processor from Samsung. The ODROID-X will clock the CPU at 1.4Ghz and come with 1GB of RAM, a Mali-400 GPU, six USB ports, an Ethernet port, an SD card slot, micro HDMI, and microphone/headphone jacks.

It’s a very compact solution too at 3.5 by 3.7-inches. Naturally, the processor is compatible with Android, and Ubuntu can also be booted using the board, something that the Raspberry Pi can’t claim. We’ve seen various USB sticks running Android making the rounds, plus smaller media players based around Cortex-A9 processors that run Android too, so this new ODROID-X board should fit quite nicely into that category of computing.

Still, you’ll be paying a lot more for this than you would the Raspberry Pi. While the Pi cost $35, the ODROID-X comes in at $129. Then there’s the matter of putting it in some sort of casing and booting software your software of choice, but it might be an interesting option for resellers hoping to sell a cheap yet powerful media player or mini Android computer.

[via Ars Technica]

ODROID-X trumps Raspberry Pi with quad-core CPU is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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According to Japanese blog “Blog of Mobile“, the Lenovo LePhone K860 has been approved by China’s ministry of Industry and Information Technology (the equivalent of our FCC, we assume). From a site linked to the Chinese government (login required for the good stuff), some interesting information can be dug out.

If we believe the reports, the Lenovo LePhone K860 uses a quad-core Samsung Exynos 4412 chip at 1.4GHz, and comes with Android 4.0x. The display is said to be a huge 5″ one with a 720p (1280×720) resolution, although there is no mention of what “type” of display this would be. Cameras are 2 Megapixel for the front, and 8 Megapixel for the rear – which also comes with a dual-LED flash.

The phone seems fairly large and heavy with dimensions of 143.6 × 74.5 × 9.6mm for 185g (!). This is no small handset. In theory the handset will be released In August.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Apple Hits 68% of Tablet Market; Kindle Fire Plummets, Samsung officially announces the 1.4 GHz Exynos 4 quad-core processor for the GS3,