Octacore basically means eight processing cores built in together, which allows users to run many applications at the same time without the stand still situation or heating up.

Intex which is tied up with MediaTek and goaled to launch the commercial form of this type of multicored  device in January 2014. Sanjay Kumar Kalirona, business head for mobile phones, told ET that the company was likely to price the 6-inch dual-SIM smartphone with a 7 mm thickness for around Rs 20,000.

Octacore is small and fast growing segment within smartphones after Samsung's S4 with the Exynos 5 octa-core processor in the early of this year. Rival handset maker Huawei also plans to come out with smartphones on the ultra-fast processor like Intex, Samsung and other smartphones.
As the Indian handset makers entering the high processing game,possibly,the prices of high-end handsets could come down. However, it would be seen how many octa-core smartphones ultimately come out from the local device makers to give the challenge to such smartphone.