Breaking: Zopo ZP990 will get 8-core MT6592 update

Our sources at Zopo have discovered that an 8-core MT6592 update is heading to the larger screen Zopo ZP990 Captain S.

The news, although unsurprising, is interesting for anyone in the market for a 8-core phablet form a more mainstream Chinese phone brand. The current version of the ZP990 is the largest Zopo phone available with a 6-inch FHD display.

The top of the range version has a 13 mega-pixel rear camera, 2GB RAM, dual-SIM, micro SD card and 32GB of onboard storage. The updated mode, believed to be named the Zopo ZP990+ will receive the 1.7Ghz 8-core MT6592 chipset which is also found in the Zopo ZP998.