MediaTek Helio P90 Launch Teased; Expected to Debut on December 13

The first smartphone powered by MediaTek’s latest chipset,the Helio P70, just made itsdebut earlier this weekbut the company is now teasing the unveiling of its next flagship chipset – the Helio P90. It is expected to be made official at a launch event in Shenzhen, China on December 13.

Though it’stoo soonfor MediaTek to be launching another flagship-grade chipset for mid-range devices, the company has taken to Twitter totease the launch of its upcoming Helio P90 chipset, which it says will be powerful, efficient and feature “groundbreaking AI” applications.

Coming Soon! The MediaTek Helio P90. Powerful. Efficient. Groundbreaking AI.#MediaTekHelioP90#thischipchangeseverythingpic.twitter.com/HiALFuRWHZ

— MediaTek (@MediaTek)November 29, 2018

The teaser falls in line withrecent rumorsand sightings of Helio P80’s benchmark scores (which were only a tad bit behind the upcoming Snapdragon 8150 chipset), however, it’s interesting to see the company jump straight to P90 and totally skip the P80 moniker.

TL Lee, MediaTek’s General Manager of Wireless Communication, told91mobilesthat the chip maker is taking a step up in the naming classification to show off thatHelio P90 is not just an iterative upgradeand that it’s significantly better than their Helio P70 SoC that was unveiled earlier in October this year.

Lee furtherconfirmed that the Helio P90 chipset will be unveiled on December 13at an event in China. The chipset will soon become available to OEMs for testing after the launch, however, devices powered by the same won’t make it to the market until later in 2019.

MediaTek expectsthe first batch of devices backed by the Helio P90 chipsetto find their way to the marketin the second quarter of 2019. Maybe the Realme U2 could be the first phone to be powered by this chipset, wouldn’t that be awesome? The rumor mill also hints that the Oppo R19 could be the first phone with the chipset.

Anmol

Getting my start with technology journalism back in 2016, I have been working in the industry for over 7 years. Currently, as the Editor of Beebom, I’m leading the coverage on the website. While my expertise lies in Android, Windows, and the apps world, find me reading manga, watching anime, and playing Apex in my free time.

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