Jan 28, 2013
Many brands in China such as Huawei and ZTE plan to introduce quad-core smartphones that adopt MediaTek's MT6589 or Qualcomm's MSM8x25Q solutions before the Lunar New Year holidays with retail prices around CNY1,000-1,500/unit (US$160-241/unit). Some tier-two and tier-three brands have set retail prices below CNY1,000/unit. Quad-core smartphones are likely to become the mainstream for smartphones around CNY1,000/unit in 2013.
China-based makers believe the price fall for quad-core smartphones will be rapid in 2013, and soon prices will fall under CNY1,000/unit. China-based makers believe by the end of 2013, there will be quad-core smartphones with retail prices of US$100/unit.
Source：digitimes.com