In the US, an extraordinarily small amount of phones utilize MediaTek chipsets. However, with the introduction of the LG X power to Sprint and Boost Mobile, that small amount is growing by one. The X power, which was just revealed today for the aforementioned CDMA carriers, sports a MediaTek MTK6755M (more commonly known as the helio P10) clocked at 1.8GHz. MediaTek is calling this its "first premium chipset offered in a device on a major U.S. carrier network."

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The X power launched about a month ago on Cricket with a measly 1.3GHz Snapdragon 210, so it's a bit of a surprise to see Sprint and Boost Mobile's variants utilizing a chip with more than a little extra power. In addition, while the CDMA variant has 2GB of RAM, the Cricket model only has 1.5GB. Other specs remain the same though; the three variants all have 5.3" HD displays, 5MP/8MP camera combos, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, 16GB of storage with microSD slots, and substantial 4100mAh batteries. Something of note is that while the Boost model has 9.5GB of usable storage, the Sprint one only has 8.9GB available to the user. Now, we can't be sure that extra 600MB is all bloatware, but there's a fair chance it is.

If you're interested in the X power, you can pick it up at Boost Mobile for 9.99 starting today and at Sprint for $9 per month for 24 months (that's $216 total) on September 23rd. That's a pretty big price difference; maybe Sprint thinks that the extra bloat warrants a higher price tag.

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Source: MediaTek, Sprint, Boost Mobile