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>That price point is now full of phones with 1920x1080 5" screens; 1280x720 is very much "last year". The camera specs are beaten roundly by my year old $200 ph
by KVFinn 13y ago
>That price point is now full of phones with 1920x1080 5" screens; 1280x720 is very much "last year". The camera specs are beaten roundly by my year old $200 phone. The physical design is almost identical to said year old phone (which is to say it looks pretty much like the Galaxy SIII).
I think you missed the fact that that's the non-contract no subsidy price... Your $200 dollar phone was probably 500 or 600 off contract so this costs about 1/3 as much.
- vidarh 13y agoYou are jumping to (wrong) conclusions. My $200 phone was without contract. . Here's a few examples of current Chinese phones in the Moto G's price range or below: 2GB RAM, Quad Core MTK CPU, 5" screen, 12.8 megapixel camera down to $121: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Full-1-1-i9500-MTK6589-S4-Phone-Android-4-2-2-Quad-core-2GB-RAM-1/1494987491.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Full-1-1-i9500-MTK6589-S4-Pho... MTK based Galaxy S4 clone for <=$150: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mtk6589t-S4-1-1-Perfect-Galaxy-Siv-I9500-2G-Ram-16GB-32GB-Rom-Quad-Core-1920x1080/1520496758.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Mtk6589t-S4-1-1-Perfect-Galax... Note 3 clone for ~$190: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3200mAh-battery-Galaxy-N9000-N9002-Note-3-III-phone-Android-4-3-MTK6582-Quad-core-5/1401325774.html http://www.aliexpress.com/item/3200mAh-battery-Galaxy-N9000-... Most of these phones are very good quality and the main "problem" to be aware of is that the MTK SoC's are not the fastests alternative. Then again, neither is the one in the Moto G.
- KVFinn 13y agoThose do look pretty good. How's your battery life?
- vidarh 13y agoTo be honest, I don't know - I never go long enough without being near a charger to really notice.
- kllrnohj 13y agoThe MTK SoC in those phones doesn't have remotely enough power to adequately drive 1920x1080, THAT is the huge problem with those devices. If you take any of those phones and swap it out with a 720p screen the device would actually become much, much better.
- pisarzp 13y agoThe issue is that you don't get any support with this phones, while with Moto G they will just replace your device with a new one If something happens. To many average customers this factor is enough to deter them from buying phones you mentioned.
- vidarh 13y agoSure you do - warranty replacements is no problem with the dealers I've dealt with for these types of devices.
- glogla 13y agoThat, or he has non-branded phone straight from china. You can find quite some interesting things on dealextreme or similar site, if you're feeling adventurous.
- vidarh 13y agoWell, unknown-in-the-West brand. It's a Star phone bought off Amazon Marketplace. Could have gotten it even cheaper straight from China, but didn't feel quite adventurous enough to order direct and not have a local distributor to deal with at that point. My next phone probably will be.
- foobarqux 13y agoWhat are the good Asian mobile phone brands?