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It seems that Taiwanese mobile chipset manufacturer MediaTek has been hard at work on what they have deemed as the first true 8-core processor in the world for the past few months, and it seems that the first slew of devices with the actual processor within is right around the corner. There are whispers around that at least one Chinese smartphone manufacturer might actually roll out a handset that will carry the MediaTek MT6592 processor before the year is over. All of that speculation will now arrive to a close, since Zopo has announced that November 21st will be the day where their Zopo 8-core smartphone will hit the streets.

There is no other name where the smartphone is known as at the moment, and neither do we have word on the rest of the hardware specifications that this Zopo smartphone will carry, but we do know that Zopo has already set aside 5,000 units of this puppy to cater for international orders. I guess this translates to good news for those who live elsewhere other than China, right? Hopefully pricing details as well as the rest of the hardware specifications will be revealed to the masses in due time, sooner rather than later.

Zopo 8-Core Smartphone Arriving This November 21st original content from Ubergizmo.

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Despite the aborted launch of Acer’s Aliyun-powered phone last September, the cheeky Android-based OS is now back with a handful of new devices courtesy of some local friends, with the most notable device coming from Zopo, a notorious cloner of Samsung, HTC and LG phones. That said, it looks like the company’s making a change with this seemingly good-looking C2, and for the launch price of ¥1,399 or about $230 unsubsidized, the specs will probably make Xiaomi tremble: there’s a 5-inch 1080p gapless LTPS display, a MediaTek MT6589 chip (1.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 processor with 1GB RAM and PowerVR SGX544 graphics), 4GB internal storage with microSD expansion, Yamaha audio chip, a removable 2,000mAh battery and WCDMA 850/2100 radio with HSPA+.

Furthermore, not only is there a 13-megapixel f/2.2 main camera, but there’s also a staggering 5-megapixel front-facing camera on the other side — just like the one on Oppo’s Ulike 2. Oh, and these all come in an 8.5mm-thick body, too. Zopo’s now accepting pre-orders for the first 5,000 C2s and will be shipping before the end of the month, so if you have an account on Tmall and don’t mind being a guinea pig then go for it.

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