Enough Phone, a startup founded by Brennan Jordan, Austin Boer, and Will Stults, launched a Kickstarter campaign for a compact 5.3-inch smartphone with a user-replaceable 3,500mAh battery, a MediaTek Dimensity 7500 chipset, an 8GB RAM configuration, and a 50-megapixel Sony camera sensor. The device will run either stock Android or OdysseyOS, a minimalist operating system the founders previously built for their refurbished-phone business, Sleke. Within a day of launching, the campaign had already passed the halfway mark toward its $250,000 funding goal.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Nothing's CMF Phone 2 Pro launched at $279 through the company's now-ended US Beta Program, $100 less than the Nothing Phone 3a's $379 price. Both phones share a 6.77-inch FHD+ AMOLED display at 120Hz and a 5,000mAh battery, with the cheaper model still packing a 50MP main camera, 50MP 2x telephoto and 8MP ultrawide. Nothing has not disclosed a detailed parts breakdown, but the savings appear to come from a weaker processor, less advanced camera stabilization, slower charging, reduced water resistance and other lower-grade components.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-03
Vivo has released the X500 Pro Max, a new flagship that borrows several features from its X300 Ultra, including the same periscope telephoto camera, a 1440p 144Hz OLED display, 90W wired and 40W wireless charging, and a 7,800mAh battery. It runs a MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro chip rather than the latest Snapdragon, and is priced at roughly €1,799 ($2,000).
theverge.com
· 2026-11-02
Leakers Smart Pikachu and Abhishek Yadav report that OPPO's upcoming Find X10 Ultra flagship, codenamed 'xinyun,' may run on MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro chip instead of a Snapdragon processor. This would mark a shift from the Find X9 Ultra, launched earlier this year with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, though the recent Find X10 Pro Max already uses the same Dimensity 9600 Pro chip. The Find X10 Ultra is also expected to carry a 200MP main camera with LOFIC technology.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-30
The TCL TAB A1 is currently discounted to $179.97 on Amazon, down $40 from its $219.99 list price, an 18% reduction. The tablet features an 11-inch 2.1K display with a 90Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Helio G100 chip, 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, an 8,000mAh battery, USB-C charging and Android 16.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-27
Coolpad has opened preorders in China for the Cool X Wide, a budget Android phone priced around 999 yuan (about $150) through JD.com, with shipping starting November 8th. The phone features a 6.38-inch 16:10 display with up to 90Hz refresh rate, a MediaTek Helio G99 chip, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage, a 50-megapixel rear camera, and a 4,600mAh battery, running Android 16 but limited to 4G connectivity.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-22
Oppo has released the Find X10 Pro Max, a new flagship Android phone featuring Hasselblad-branded cameras, a detachable telephoto zoom lens and MediaTek's Dimensity 9600 Pro chip. It starts at £1,499 (about $2,010) in the UK, matching the price of the Find X9 Ultra released only around six months earlier, and ships with a free accessory choice of either the telephoto lens or an Oppo smartwatch.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-21
A longtime Asus Zenbook Pro 17 owner describes years of the laptop fully rebooting instead of waking from sleep, wiping open work sessions. After repeated troubleshooting, the user identified the MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E MT7922 adapter's power-saving setting as the cause and fixed it by disabling that option in Windows Device Manager.
idiallo.com
· 2026-10-20
A popular Android PS2 emulator has released an update that improves performance specifically for devices using Mali-powered GPUs, including older Pixel phones and MediaTek-based devices. The update targets hardware that previously saw weaker emulation performance compared to devices with other GPU architectures.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-12
Amazon's new Alexa Tablet 12 Pro uses a 2024 MediaTek Dimensity 8400 chip originally built for smartphones, offering 8GB RAM on the 128GB model and 16GB on the 256GB model, compared to the iPad Pro's M5 chip and minimum 12GB RAM. The tablet runs Android, giving it access to more apps than Amazon's previous Fire OS devices, though still fewer tablet-optimized apps than Apple's App Store. It includes Prime-focused features like content recommendations, a Kindle reading mode, and quick access to the Alexa+ assistant.
engadget.com
· 2026-10-08
Amazon has retired the Fire tablet brand after 15 years, launching three new Alexa Tablets that run full Google-certified Android with Play Store access, departing from the closed Fire OS approach. The lineup includes the $230 Alexa Tablet 8, $330 Tablet 11, and a $500 Tablet 12 Pro with a sharper 120Hz display, more powerful chip, and optional keyboard and stylus accessories.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-08
Security researchers at Bitdefender say firmware on low-cost Android devices using MediaTek chipsets has been shipping with malware that grants system-level control, enabling silent app installs, ad fraud, and turning phones into residential proxies. The campaign has affected thousands of devices across more than 150 countries over roughly two years, hitting models from Doogee and Cubot as well as phones impersonating Samsung and Apple products.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-10-08
GoKawiil