This MWC is loaded with surprises and some of them may go unnoticed so that in days the information about it appears. It is an appointment in which most of the most important manufacturers and technology companies of the moment meet and this means that sometimes it is not possible with all the barrage of news that arises from that Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Apart from the big names like LG, Samsung, Sony and many others, we have another series of less recognized names but that they are putting a lot of effort because they are recognized. Usually they have to bet on risky marketing campaigns or include certain features in their phones that stand out from the rest. Xiaomi is the great example for all of them.
ZOPO is one of these companies that more than two years ago we saw some of its mobile phones and we are facing one of those Chinese brands that accompany Huawei and Xiaomi and many others to try to stand out. Actually, if you know how to take advantage of the pull of these mentioned, perhaps you will have a window through which to launch yourself in a better way into the Western market. If we are talking about it in these lines it is because of its announcement at MWC16 where the Speed 8 terminal could be seen. It is the first smartphone in which MediaTek Helio X20 processor is implemented deca-core. Apart from this great virtue in the calculation processing, it is characterized by a 5,5-inch 1080p screen, 4 GB of RAM, Android Marshmallow 6.0, a 21 MP rear camera with the IMX230 sensor, PDAF for a very fast autofocus. of only two-tenths of a second and an 8 megapixel front camera that also has an LED flash.
A smartphone with a ten-core chip
The truth is that reading or listening to a smartphone with a ten-core chip is very striking. If this is from MediaTek, we will surely trust him more to get to know what this Helio X20 deca-core is about. If we add to this some interesting features like that Sony IMX230 sensor that has shown its qualities in the last Moto X, perhaps we pay more attention to the news that arrive from ZOPO, a brand almost certainly unknown to many.
And it is that apart from these virtues in the hardware and that 8 megapixel front camera, the ZOPO Speed 8 has a 5,5 inch 1080p screen, it has 4 GB of RAM and runs under Android 6.0. A batch of components to which we can not blame anything so far.
Its finish is in metal, offers dual SIM support and 4G LTE with bands: 1880-1920 / 2300-2400 / 2555-2655MHz and 4G FDD-LTE bands 1/3/7/20 (800/1800/2100 / 2600MHz). And if you thought it was all over here, this ZOPO Speed 8 even has USB Type-C, a fingerprint scanner and a 3.600 battery that includes fast charging support. Let's move on to the full list of specifications.
Specifications ZOPO Speed 8
- 5,5-inch (1920 x 1080) Full HD IPS screen
- Deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 processor
- Mali T880 MP4 700MHz GPU
- 4 GB of RAM
- 32GB internal storage
- Android 6.0 Marshmallow
- dual SIM
- 21MP rear camera with dual LED flash, PDAF, f / 2.2 aperture, Sony IMX230
- 8MP front camera with LED flash, f / 2.0 aperture, OV8856 sensor
- Dimensions: 152,5 x 76,35 x 9,8 mm
- Weight: 136 gram
- 3.5 mm jack audio, FM radio, front speaker
- 4G LTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 a / b / g / n / ac, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS, USB Type-C, NFC, USB OTG
- 3.600 mAh battery with fast charge
The ZOPO Speed 8 will arrive in colors in black and silver and to the change it will arrive about 299 dollars. Its sale for the month of April. A phone that looks spectacular due to the list of specifications and the images provided, now it will remain to see its own results when it is in hand and if everything looks as good as it appears to be. It would not be the first phone that at first leaves us speechless so that on a day-to-day basis, and after a few months we begin to disappoint. Although yes, all the expectations before the first smartphone with a ten-core chip. There is nothing.