Blackview BV6000 - performance in rugged body

Blackview’s latest is another rugged smartphone, but with a smaller 4.7-inch display.

Last year Blackview launched their first rugged phone called the BV5000. The phone was actually well made, and performed rather well and has gone on to becoming quite a popular device for people of all walks of life.

If there was one issues with the phone though, it would be the size. A 5.5-inch phone with a thick rugged body means a very large device indeed, so customers called for something a little smaller.

So introducing the Blackview BV6000. This new rugged phone offered all the waterproofing and shock protection of the original BV5000, but in a smaller size and more compact 4.7-inch display.

The phone remains IP68 approved so you don’t need to worry about dropping it in a puddle, or being ran over, but it also boasts a Mediatek Helio P10 chipset and 3GB RAM meaning its one of the more powerful rugged phones on the market.

32GB memory comes as standard, as does Android 6.0 and a 4500mAh battery which should prove more than enough for the smaller HD 1280 x 720 display.

While developing the BV6000, Blackview have managed to boost camera specs on the phone to an 8 mega-pixel front and 18 mega-pixel rear sensor. Other features include GPS, GLONASS support, dual micro SIM cards and FDD-LTE support for bands 800/1800/2100/2600Mhz.

Pricing is expected to be around the $200 mark with a launch sometime in Q2 of 2016.

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Mediatek next 10 core - Helio X30

Mediatek have really pulled their finger out over the past year or so with some really solid chip launches, but it’s the Helio X30 that the company hopes will really take on the top guns.

The past 12 months has seen some really interesting chipsets from Mediatek. The MT6752 really kicked it all off being a solid performer at a good price. The MT6752 didn’t last long though as Mediatek pushed their Helio range out starting with the X10 (which powers LeTV, Meizu and Xiaomi phones) and followed by the Helio X20 (so far only seen in the Zopo Speed 8 and Doogee F7).

COO of Mediatek, Zhu Shangzu, has been speaking highly of his company’s next flagship processor, and says that the X30 will be the chip that could topple premium SoC’s from rivals Qualcomm and Samsung.

Apparently the Mediatek Helio X30 will be another 10 core chipset this time built on a 16nm architecture. The 10 cores will be split between 2 x 1.0Ghz Cortex A53 cores, 2 x 1.5Ghz A53, after those cores are used the chip will go in to turbo mode switching to 2 x 2Ghz A72 cores and then a possible 4 x 2.5Ghz A72 cores.

What will really be interesting though is if Mediatek can do better on the graphical side of things with the Helio X30. Mediatek chips generally do well on the CPU side, but are largely let down in the graphics departments. Can Mediatek get a better balance next time around?

Source: gizchina

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