Along with the launch of their new high-end 8-core processor, Mediatek have also reportedly shown off their own rival to NFC.
Currently NFC technology is not at such a low price that many mid to high-end smartphones which with the technology, but Mediatek think they can do better and go cheaper with their own rival tech. Full details of how the system works haven’t been revealed but what we do know is that the HOTKNOT features transfers data via touching the screen of two (or more) devices.
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HOTKNOT is implemented on the new8-core MT6592 chipset, so in theory we could see this feature appear in a relatively short time, however this being new tech and with currently no third party developers on board we wonder just how well it will take off.
With Mediatek’s closed approach, I doubt that this’ll get bigger than the entry-mid level Chinese devices. Wish Mediatek could just implement a native cheap NFC solution into the chipset though, having yet another alternative will just cause incompatibility issues, unless this Hot Knot works with NFC, then that’ll be great.
I agree with you, but most important is to develop technology that increases battery life. Not worth having a good processor with bad battery.