With MWC 2015 around the corner, a report has come out suggesting that Cheetah Mobile in partnership with BenQ will launch three new smartphones at MWC named the BenQ B50, B502 and F52.
According to Taiwanese blog Sogi.com, BenQ and Cheetah Mobile plans to launch these smartphones in Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and may launch them in more markets as well.
As yet there are no specifications for the BenQ B50 and B502. The report has only published few specifications of the BenQ F52, which is supposed to be a high-end device out the three upcoming smartphones.
As reported, the BenQ F52 will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop and features a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display. It is said to be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm SoC (unknown chipset and clock speed) that some reports are speculating to be the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810.
On the camera front, the BenQ F52 is said to sport a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and an 8-megapixel front-facing camera. There are no other details known as yet.
BenQ, is not the only Taiwanese computer display manufacturer that has been launching phones, with AOC also doing the same. Recently it announced a new entry-level smartphone in India - the AOC E40 - at Rs. 5,299. The dual-SIM (regular-SIM) AOC E40 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat and features a 4-inch WVGA (480x800 pixels) display; a dual-core 1.2GHz processor; ARM Mali-400 GPU; 512MB of RAM; 4GB of inbuilt storage, expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB); a 2-megapixel rear camera with LED flash; a 0.3-megapixel (VGA) front-facing camera, and a 1600mAh battery.
