Gionee Elegance 2 to be first quad-core MT6589 phone?

Recent rumours suggested that Chinese phone maker TCL would be the first company to launch a quad-core MT6589 phone sometime in earlier 2013. But now rival company Gionee claim their Elegance 2 Mt6589 phone will launch first!

Ginoee Vice President, Lu Wei Bing, recently posted that Ginoee will be the first to market with a quad-core equipped Mediatek MT6589 processor named the Elegance 2, which should ship before the Chinese Spring Festival New Year holiday.

According to further reports the Ginoee Elegance 2 will come with be a smaller 4.5-inch phone, but with full 1080 HD playback support.

The best news is that Ginoee hope to have the Elegance 2 available in stores rather than expecting customers to pre-order their phones online.