MediaTek’s Dimensity 8600 to bring big upgrades

MediaTek is expected to unveil the Dimensity 9600 SoC later this year as its next flagship chip, but the company is also working on the Dimensity 8600 upper-midrange SoC as well. This is important because in recent times, MediaTek’s Dimensity 8 series chips have dominated AnTuTu benchmark ratings for upper-midrange phones – it kind of seems like Qualcomm has decided to just hand over this market to MediaTek.

And so, it will be interesting to see where MediaTek takes the 8 series with the next member, the Dimensity 8600. According to a new rumor from China today, this chip will be using a…