This review is from: Android 4.0 MTK6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz 512MB/4GB 4.3-inch Capacitive Screen 3G Smartphone with WiFi GPS HDMI (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I think it’s a shame that there is not already a review for this product. Admittedly I found other reviews for similar/same phone elsewhere on ebay and amazon, but I thought I would just write a quick review.
I’ve had an Iphone 3G for 4 years and it was becoming frustratingly slow in day to day actions and so I was looking to buy a Galaxy S3 as my next upgrade. I’m so glad I chose this instead.
It does everything that I’ve thrown at it and I’ve had it for 3 days now. The apps that are available for free make this Android platform a giant and this Phone has the power to really use them.
I can video skype from it, as well as play movies of every format I’ve tried, once VLC was installed of course. I have not found anything negative about it to date, except ‘maybe’ that the dual SIM system has a limitation of only allowing the primary SIM card to connect to 3G networks, minor grumble.
I’m moving to Australia next week and this phone is completely unlocked, well certainly in the UK [tested]
I bought a 32GB micro SD card to go in it, no probs there [£18 class 10 on amazon]
I won’t bother going into to many technicals, I just want to say that it is superb and comes with a gel case too.
if you’re looking at this then you’re making a great choice, go for it. less than 1/4 the price of Galaxy S3 and just as useful!
DrakoTec are the guys I ordered from, slightly more than the competitors price, but tried and tested by me 🙂
[EDIT] I have now moved to Australia and can now say that all is well with the phone’s compatability with the mobile networks here… and my phone still rocks!
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This review is from: Android 4.0 MTK6577 Dual Core 1.0GHz 512MB/4GB 4.3-inch Capacitive Screen 3G Smartphone with WiFi GPS HDMI (Wireless Phone Accessory)
I’m personally not into named brands. I’m looking for functionality. This phone is very nice. Comes with Ice Cream Sandwich operating system (4.0.4).
I got the phone from DracoTek through the Amazon market place. It arrive well within time, and there was no problem with export duty tax. In the box I got the phone, 2 batteries, a charger with UK plug adapter, (although my old htc charger works with this phone), dracoTek headphones, standard headphones with mic.
I love the fact I have a 4.0 android phone and compared to the Samsung 3, or the iphone it performs just as well. The screen is bright, responsive. It came with 2 batteries, and so far I have charged just one of them, and it took well over a day and a half before the battery went flat. During this time I was on the phone nearly all the time installing apps and updating contacts.
I love the fact that the wifi on this phone is b g and n. Having a ‘n’ router at home, it downloads apps and installs them within moments instead of minutes compared to my old phone Wildfire HTC.
These reviews never talk about the phone bit, always features and apps. So for those interested, the sound from the earpiece is very clear. I was in the middle of Tesco on a very busy Saturday morning, and could hear my friend perfectly (and more importantly they could hear me).
Dual sim is a nice touch, using the larger size sim card. Can now have 1 phone instead of personal and work phone.
Not that I’ve tried it yet, but there is an hdmi output, so any films you have, or made can be watched upon a large tv screen with hdmi input.
There are a couple of downsides to this phone. 1. There is no LED to indicate new text message, missed phone call, charging etc. However there is an app called NoLED which you can download and configure to give you this functionality. 2. Battery takes a long time to charge. From flat to full it took about 5-6 hours to charge using the plug socket. It charged really quickly upto 50% then the last 50% seemed to take forever. This isn’t really too much of a problem for me as I normally charge the phone overnight. I don’t know if charging with PC and usb would be better. But I doubt it. 3. No predictive text. This is the only pain point I have with this phone. I’ve looked in all the settings, I’ve tried UK English and US English, but there isn’t a single word in the dictionary. The only words it seems to reconise are my contacts names. Hopefully I will find an app to help me out, but so far no luck. However clicking the voice button for dictation for messaging works quite well, and only a couple of words it has typed wrong. Although this is a cool feature, I don’t think I’d be using it in public, look a bit silly saying “OMG, Stuck on train, getting squished. LOL! Be home soon.”.
I’ve only had this phone for the weekend so far, but already I can see it is a great phone. Yes there is a few niggly points to it, but compared to my old phone that had the predictive text, and a LED, this one still wins, due to the fact the battery last longer, it fast, I can hear people when talking to them. If you are a person who isn’t interested in getting a well known brand name to look cool, but still want the near latest features, then this phone is for you. Also £129.99 compared to a sim free Samsung galaxy 3 at £350+ is a no brainer.
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I’ve had the phone for a couple of weeks now and am still over the moon with it. If you’re humming & harring about it, don’t, the phone is fantastic and dare I say better than the majority of ‘contract’ phones out there. I, like many was worried about ordering straight from China, but took a gamble and Im glad I did. The phone took one week to get here and could be tracked at every point on it’s journey. It also slipped though Customs and there was no Duty to pay on it. The phone was well packaged, inside the box came the phone, two batteries, a ‘bumper’ case, instructions, headphones and a charger and lead. To be honest, (as an electrician) the charger and plug adaptor went straight in the bin. It’ll charge from any USB / USB plugtop. The telephone part of it and the Android OS both are a pleasure to use and equaly as good as if not better than the ‘other-half’s’ iPhone. I did buy a larger SD card as it only has a 256mB card installed to get you going and also downloaded a keyboard (free). The camera is very good and has all the features of most standard digital cameras. The quality & feel of the phone is superb and feel like I got a real bargain.
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A little gem [not too little],
I think it’s a shame that there is not already a review for this product. Admittedly I found other reviews for similar/same phone elsewhere on ebay and amazon, but I thought I would just write a quick review.
I’ve had an Iphone 3G for 4 years and it was becoming frustratingly slow in day to day actions and so I was looking to buy a Galaxy S3 as my next upgrade. I’m so glad I chose this instead.
It does everything that I’ve thrown at it and I’ve had it for 3 days now. The apps that are available for free make this Android platform a giant and this Phone has the power to really use them.
I can video skype from it, as well as play movies of every format I’ve tried, once VLC was installed of course. I have not found anything negative about it to date, except ‘maybe’ that the dual SIM system has a limitation of only allowing the primary SIM card to connect to 3G networks, minor grumble.
I’m moving to Australia next week and this phone is completely unlocked, well certainly in the UK [tested]
I bought a 32GB micro SD card to go in it, no probs there [£18 class 10 on amazon]
I won’t bother going into to many technicals, I just want to say that it is superb and comes with a gel case too.
if you’re looking at this then you’re making a great choice, go for it. less than 1/4 the price of Galaxy S3 and just as useful!
DrakoTec are the guys I ordered from, slightly more than the competitors price, but tried and tested by me 🙂
[EDIT] I have now moved to Australia and can now say that all is well with the phone’s compatability with the mobile networks here… and my phone still rocks!
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|Top end phone for cheap price.,
I’m personally not into named brands. I’m looking for functionality. This phone is very nice. Comes with Ice Cream Sandwich operating system (4.0.4).
I got the phone from DracoTek through the Amazon market place. It arrive well within time, and there was no problem with export duty tax. In the box I got the phone, 2 batteries, a charger with UK plug adapter, (although my old htc charger works with this phone), dracoTek headphones, standard headphones with mic.
I love the fact I have a 4.0 android phone and compared to the Samsung 3, or the iphone it performs just as well. The screen is bright, responsive. It came with 2 batteries, and so far I have charged just one of them, and it took well over a day and a half before the battery went flat. During this time I was on the phone nearly all the time installing apps and updating contacts.
I love the fact that the wifi on this phone is b g and n. Having a ‘n’ router at home, it downloads apps and installs them within moments instead of minutes compared to my old phone Wildfire HTC.
These reviews never talk about the phone bit, always features and apps. So for those interested, the sound from the earpiece is very clear. I was in the middle of Tesco on a very busy Saturday morning, and could hear my friend perfectly (and more importantly they could hear me).
Dual sim is a nice touch, using the larger size sim card. Can now have 1 phone instead of personal and work phone.
Not that I’ve tried it yet, but there is an hdmi output, so any films you have, or made can be watched upon a large tv screen with hdmi input.
There are a couple of downsides to this phone.
1. There is no LED to indicate new text message, missed phone call, charging etc. However there is an app called NoLED which you can download and configure to give you this functionality.
2. Battery takes a long time to charge. From flat to full it took about 5-6 hours to charge using the plug socket. It charged really quickly upto 50% then the last 50% seemed to take forever. This isn’t really too much of a problem for me as I normally charge the phone overnight. I don’t know if charging with PC and usb would be better. But I doubt it.
3. No predictive text. This is the only pain point I have with this phone. I’ve looked in all the settings, I’ve tried UK English and US English, but there isn’t a single word in the dictionary. The only words it seems to reconise are my contacts names. Hopefully I will find an app to help me out, but so far no luck. However clicking the voice button for dictation for messaging works quite well, and only a couple of words it has typed wrong. Although this is a cool feature, I don’t think I’d be using it in public, look a bit silly saying “OMG, Stuck on train, getting squished. LOL! Be home soon.”.
I’ve only had this phone for the weekend so far, but already I can see it is a great phone. Yes there is a few niggly points to it, but compared to my old phone that had the predictive text, and a LED, this one still wins, due to the fact the battery last longer, it fast, I can hear people when talking to them. If you are a person who isn’t interested in getting a well known brand name to look cool, but still want the near latest features, then this phone is for you. Also £129.99 compared to a sim free Samsung galaxy 3 at £350+ is a no brainer.
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|Over the moon,
I’ve had the phone for a couple of weeks now and am still over the moon with it. If you’re humming & harring about it, don’t, the phone is fantastic and dare I say better than the majority of ‘contract’ phones out there.
I, like many was worried about ordering straight from China, but took a gamble and Im glad I did. The phone took one week to get here and could be tracked at every point on it’s journey. It also slipped though Customs and there was no Duty to pay on it.
The phone was well packaged, inside the box came the phone, two batteries, a ‘bumper’ case, instructions, headphones and a charger and lead.
To be honest, (as an electrician) the charger and plug adaptor went straight in the bin. It’ll charge from any USB / USB plugtop.
The telephone part of it and the Android OS both are a pleasure to use and equaly as good as if not better than the ‘other-half’s’ iPhone.
I did buy a larger SD card as it only has a 256mB card installed to get you going and also downloaded a keyboard (free).
The camera is very good and has all the features of most standard digital cameras.
The quality & feel of the phone is superb and feel like I got a real bargain.
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