Sony has imported four new smartphone prototypes in India for testing and debugging purposes, according to a listing (see image below) on Indian site Zauba, which tracks the country's import and export.

The handsets that were imported include the Seahawk Rex PQ, Eagle Rex AP, Seahawk Gina AP, and the Eagle Rilads AP. As for the price, each prototype carries a tag of INR 39,239 ($617), suggesting that these are high-end devices.

Given the limited information at hand, it is difficult to speculate about the devices at the moment. Meanwhile, Sony's latest smartphone, the Xperia Z3+, is expected to be unveiled in India this week.

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MediaTek's high-end deca-core Helio X20 chipset is set to make a debut in mid-October housed inside the Elephone P9000. The Chinese smartphone is expected to debut on October 20 with $500 price tag.

The MediaTek Helio X20 deca-core chipset carries the model number MT6797. It follows the MediaTek Helio X10 MT6795 model with octa-core processor.

Helio X20 has the industry's first tri-cluster architecture which packs two Cortex-A72 processor cores clocked at 2.5GHz for optimal performance, four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 2GHz for striking a balance between performance and power consumption, and another four Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.4GHz for power efficiency. The GPU will be Mali-T800.

Elephone P9000 will feature a 5.5" 1080p display, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of built-in storage with memory card slot, 8MP front camera, 20.7MP rear snapper, and 3100 mAh battery. The device is a dual-SIM handset with a dual-standby mode.

No confirmed listing was available to verify the information. Until we do, please take the report with a pinch of salt.

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Last week OnePlus officially started its teaser campaign for its next flagship smartphone, which is due to be unveiled soon. Until that happens, though, the Chinese company has promised to reveal things about it bit by bit.

The first such revelation had to do with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset used. And today we find out that the OnePlus 2 will apparently be the first high-end smartphone to use a USB Type-C port.

OnePlus says it wants "to lead the way in power connectivity", hence why it made this choice. You may know USB Type-C as the only port on the new 12" MacBook. It's also been used by Google on this year's Chromebook Pixel, and other computer makers are adopting it too.

Its main claim to fame is the fact that it's reversible, so it doesn't matter which side of the cable is up. That should remove a major pain point from previous USB connectors. USB Type-C is also small enough that it can be used on phones, so we expect it to be featured in many more handsets in the future.

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