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The specs say 320x480 px screen, which is a bit disappointing.

by foz 13y ago

reidrac 13y ago
I'm not an expert, but £59.99 is a very competitive price for an unlocked smartphone.
- dagw 13y ago
  It's the same price as the low end Samsung android phones with comparable specs. If you're willing to roll the dice with no-name phones imported directly from China, you can get an unlocked smartphone for around $50
  - TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
    FFOS will almost certainly be more usable on low-spec than Android... have you tried the category you mentioned? It's horrible.
    - phaus 13y ago
      I currently use Android version of the same ZTE phone. It definitely can't compare to the Galaxy Nexus that I used to have, but it works well enough. I'm thinking of switching to the Open, but I wonder how hard it would be to get it to work on Straight Talk's network.
    - dagw 13y ago
      My first android phone had worse or similar specs, and it worked well enough.
      - TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
        From my experience, this gets worse and worse with the new versions...
- rdtsc 13y ago
  A smartphone to be useful has to have applications and a market to get more applications. A smart-phone that doesn't is no better than a an older locked down brick or flip phone with pre-loaded vendor supplied 'apps'
  - untog 13y ago
    No. A smartphone has a fully competent web browser, which instantly places it far, far higher than a brick or flip phone.
    - pjmlp 13y ago
      Assuming a proper network connection and data plan are available.
    - rdtsc 13y ago
      A user doesn't care what underlying technology it has. Even crappy phones have some web browser on them. A user cares about thing like "Can I get Shazam installed?" or "What about my Facebook app and the game I saw my cousin play on his iPhone?" If the answer if no, they don't care what magic soup of technology acronyms there are inside.
      - untog 13y ago
        You're putting barriers up where there are none. A user cares about "can I get Facebook", and with a modern smartphone browser, the answer is "yes". Obviously there are fewer choices available than in the iTunes Store, but the phone is also incredibly cheap when compared to an iPhone.
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- _enai 13y ago
  For around $110 you can get a decent android phone from China, for example www.buyincoins.com/item/31125.html
  - ItsJason 13y ago
    Does anyone have experience with phones like these?
- yangyang 13y ago
  I thought that too, but then I found the ZTE Tania, for £69.99, same seller as the Open. It's a Windows Phone, but it's got a faster CPU, 800 x 480 screen, 217ppi (vs. 480 x 320 on the Open), bigger battery, more flash. No micro-SD slot though. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Unlocked-ZTE-Tania-Windows-Phone-GSM-UMTS-Multitouch-capacitive-screen-/181178978418?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item2a2f1bd072 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Unlocked-ZTE-Tania-Windo... Comparison: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5320&idPhone2=4304 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5320&idPhone2=...
- zokier 13y ago
  as _enai mentioned, china has ample supply of cheap android devices of varying quality. Here is one $90 one, with far better specs than the Fx phones (on paper): http://www.pandawill.com/star-v980-smartphone-mtk6577-dual-core-android-40-3g-gps-40-inch-ips-screen-p78486.html http://www.pandawill.com/star-v980-smartphone-mtk6577-dual-c... * Cortex A9 vs A5 * Dual-core vs single-core * 512 vs 256 MB ram * 4GB vs 512 MB "rom" (flash) * 800x480 vs 480x320 display resolution * 5MP vs 3MP camera (most likely both are useless) * Smaller dimensions even with a larger display Too bad that you can't just install whatever OS you want easily on whatever hardware. And of course random cheap Chinese electronics are bit risky purchases quality wise.

The specs say 320x480 px screen, which is a bit disappointing.

by foz 13y ago

The specs say 320x480 px screen, which is a bit disappointing.

reidrac 13y ago

I'm not an expert, but £59.99 is a very competitive price for an unlocked smartphone.

dagw 13y ago
It's the same price as the low end Samsung android phones with comparable specs. If you're willing to roll the dice with no-name phones imported directly from China, you can get an unlocked smartphone for around $50
- TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
  FFOS will almost certainly be more usable on low-spec than Android... have you tried the category you mentioned? It's horrible.
  - phaus 13y ago
    I currently use Android version of the same ZTE phone. It definitely can't compare to the Galaxy Nexus that I used to have, but it works well enough. I'm thinking of switching to the Open, but I wonder how hard it would be to get it to work on Straight Talk's network.
  - dagw 13y ago
    My first android phone had worse or similar specs, and it worked well enough.
    - TsiCClawOfLight 13y ago
      From my experience, this gets worse and worse with the new versions...
rdtsc 13y ago
A smartphone to be useful has to have applications and a market to get more applications. A smart-phone that doesn't is no better than a an older locked down brick or flip phone with pre-loaded vendor supplied 'apps'
- untog 13y ago
  No. A smartphone has a fully competent web browser, which instantly places it far, far higher than a brick or flip phone.
  - pjmlp 13y ago
    Assuming a proper network connection and data plan are available.
  - rdtsc 13y ago
    A user doesn't care what underlying technology it has. Even crappy phones have some web browser on them. A user cares about thing like "Can I get Shazam installed?" or "What about my Facebook app and the game I saw my cousin play on his iPhone?" If the answer if no, they don't care what magic soup of technology acronyms there are inside.
    - untog 13y ago
      You're putting barriers up where there are none. A user cares about "can I get Facebook", and with a modern smartphone browser, the answer is "yes". Obviously there are fewer choices available than in the iTunes Store, but the phone is also incredibly cheap when compared to an iPhone.
- deleted 13y ago
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_enai 13y ago
For around $110 you can get a decent android phone from China, for example www.buyincoins.com/item/31125.html
- ItsJason 13y ago
  Does anyone have experience with phones like these?
yangyang 13y ago
I thought that too, but then I found the ZTE Tania, for £69.99, same seller as the Open. It's a Windows Phone, but it's got a faster CPU, 800 x 480 screen, 217ppi (vs. 480 x 320 on the Open), bigger battery, more flash. No micro-SD slot though. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Unlocked-ZTE-Tania-Windows-Phone-GSM-UMTS-Multitouch-capacitive-screen-/181178978418?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item2a2f1bd072 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Unlocked-ZTE-Tania-Windo... Comparison: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5320&idPhone2=4304 http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=5320&idPhone2=...
zokier 13y ago
as _enai mentioned, china has ample supply of cheap android devices of varying quality. Here is one $90 one, with far better specs than the Fx phones (on paper): http://www.pandawill.com/star-v980-smartphone-mtk6577-dual-core-android-40-3g-gps-40-inch-ips-screen-p78486.html http://www.pandawill.com/star-v980-smartphone-mtk6577-dual-c... * Cortex A9 vs A5 * Dual-core vs single-core * 512 vs 256 MB ram * 4GB vs 512 MB "rom" (flash) * 800x480 vs 480x320 display resolution * 5MP vs 3MP camera (most likely both are useless) * Smaller dimensions even with a larger display Too bad that you can't just install whatever OS you want easily on whatever hardware. And of course random cheap Chinese electronics are bit risky purchases quality wise.