Sony will use MediaTek processor for high-end smartphones

MediaTek is the first choice for manufacturers who want to offer cheap smartphones. Companies like Huawei, Alcatel, Lenovo, Acer, Vivo, Xolo and OPPO all use MediaTek processors for their devices.

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Xperia T3, Sony's new smartphone

MediaTek is trying to expand its customer list, some of the big names of the smartphone industry, like Sony, have also joined this list. Earlier, Sony used MediaTek's quad-core MT6589 processor for Xperia C smartphones.

According to sources from Taiwan, Sony is planning to provide at least five MediaTek-based smartphones in 2015. A few, or all these smartphones will support 4G connectivity, so they will are mid-range or high-end smartphones.

Smartphone manufacturers are competing fiercely about product prices, in the future we may see many big names in the smartphone industry using MediaTek processors. In addition, next year we can also see soft, high-profile, high-priced smartphones from Sony.