According to industry sources Sony is looking to expand its portfolio by bringing an affordable quad-core 5-incher to market. Details on specs are scarce but the device may be powered by the MediaTek MT6589 SoC, which offers four Cortex-A7 cores.
According to said sources the device production will be outsourced to Arima.
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Arima is working with Sony on the budget-friendly Xperia E (http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_e-5149.php). Sony is also reportedly working with Compal Communications and Foxconn and plans for them to produce between 8 and 10 million devices this year.
Source (http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130328PD209.html) | Via (http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/03/28/sony-prepping-5-inch-handset-with-mediatek-quad-core-soc/)
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