5-inch Star S9500 on sale with quad-core MT6582 CPU for $160

Star have joined the ranks of Chinese phone makers who are now using the newer quad-core MT6582 chipset to produce an an affordable high-powered Android phone.

The Star S9500 is an entry-level Android smartphone running Android 4.2 on a Mediatek MT6582 CPU. The MT6582 is a quad-core processor based on Cortex A7 architecture which although is clocked slower then the MT6589 actually performs a lot better.

Other features include 1GB RAM, 4GB of internal memory a 5-inch WVGA display, dual-SIM support, Micro SD card reader and for those of you who want your phone to last all day 2 x 2800mAh batteries are included!

Pricing for the Star S9500 is just $159.74, and it is available now in either black or white.

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