China-based Zopo Mobile unveiled new smartphones — the Speed 8 and the Speed 7C — at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2016 in Barcelona, Spain.
Among the two, Speed 8 is the top-end phone. It sports a metal-clad body with 5.5-inch full-HD display, an 8MP snapper with dedicated LED flash on the front and a 21MP Sony camera with dual-tone LED flash on the rear.
Key aspect of Zopo Speed 8 is it is the world's first smartphone to boast a deca-core chipset (made by MediaTek). It houses 10 ARM Cortex A-53 cores and is backed by a 700MHz ARM Mali-T880 MP4 graphics engine, sumptuous 4GB RAM and a 3,600mAh battery.
On the other hand, Zopo Speed 7C is a budget smartphone. It comes with a modest spec list: 5.0-inch HD screen, Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, MediaTek quad-core SoC (System-on-Chip), 2GB RAM, 16GB inbuilt memory, a 13.2MP primary camera on the rear, a 5MP selfie shooter and a 2,500mAh battery.
The company has not revealed the devices' price and release details. Watch this space for updates.
Key specifications of Zopo Speed 8C and Speed 7:
| Models | Zopo Speed 8C | Zopo Speed 7 |
| Display | 5.5-inch full HD (1920x1080p) screen
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5.0-inch HD (1280x720p) screen
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| OS | Android 6.0 Marshmallow | Android 5.1 Lollipop (v6.0 Marshmallow update guaranteed to come in Q1) |
| Processor | 64-bit class MediaTek (MT6797) Deca-core (ARM Cortex A-53 x 10) | 64-bit class MediaTek (MT6735) Quad-core (ARM Cortex A-53 x 4) |
| GPU | 700MHz ARM Mali-T880 MP4 | 450MHz ARM Mali-T720 MP2 |
| RAM | 4GB | 2GB |
| Storage | 32GB | 16GB, expandable up to 64GB |
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| Battery | 3600mAh (Li-Polymer) with Fast charging technology | 2500 mAh (LiPo) |
| Network | 4G-LTE | 4G-LTE |
| Add-ons | Dual-SIM slots, Bluetooth v4.1, Wi-Fi (802.11 ac/a/b/g/n), FM radio, USB OTG, Type-C USB port, | Dual-SIM slots, Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n), GPS+GLONASS, notification LED feature, FM radio, USB OTG, micro USB port |
| Dimensions | 152.5 x 76.35 x 9.8 mm | 146.1 x 70.6 x 8.65 mm |
| Weight | 136 g | 136 |
