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The return of the 2020i / Blue Angel, HTC 6300

Am I having a Deja-vu?
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I like him. Big, strong and powerful the HTC 6300 A device you can rely on. Running at 400MHz looking on a 3.5 inch screen, wifi (B/G)and BT, 256MB ROM nad 128MB RAM, running WM5.0
Hopefully the BT is better then the one in the BA.Available in the Netherlands. Dutch or UK versions 599 euro excl. contract. Anybody owes it already?
2.5G Tri-band GSM/GPRS PDA phone
Large 3.5" TFT touch-screen LCD display.
Microsoft® Windows Mobile® 5 Direct Push for instant access to e-mails, contacts, calendar, and tasks.
Ultimate connectivity with Infrared, Bluetooth 2.0®, and Wi-Fi®
Sharp 2.0 megapixel auto-macro camera for taking pictures and video clips at close-up as well as from a distance.
Seamless synchronization of music and video with your PC's Windows Media® Player for easy playback and media management.
Large memory along with an SDIO card slot for storing surplus mobile content.
Specification
Processor
Samsung® Processor, 400 MHz
Operating System
Windows Mobile® 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
Memory
ROM: 256 MB
SDRAM: 128MB DDR
Dimension
129.7 mm (L) X 69.8 mm (W) X 18.8 mm (T)
Weight
200g with battery
Display
3.5'' LCD touch screen with backlight
240 X 320 dots resolution with 65,536 colors
Network
GSM/GPRS Tri-band: 900, 1800, 1900
(The device will operate on frequencies available from the cellular network)
Connectivity
Bluetooth® 2.0
Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g
HTC ExtUSB™ (11-pin mini-USB and audio jack in one)
Camera
2.0 megapixel CMOS color camera
Audio
Built-in/Dual, Hands-free (microphone and speaker)
Headphone: AMR/AAC/WAV/WMA/MP3 codec
Battery
Rechargeable Li-Ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Standby time: Up to 200 hours
Talk time: Up to 5 hours
Expansion Slot
SD™ memory card
AC Adapter
Voltage range/frequency: 100 ~ 240V AC, 50/60Hz
DC output: 5V and 1A

not having a keyboard it's a bit more himalaya or alpine then blue angel
imho
newer nativ wm6 devices seems to have much better bluetooth support then older native wm2003 devices
more so when a2dp is involved
but the fact that it dont have HSDPA or a frontcam to do video phonening
no gps
makes it somewhat a stale upgrade imho

I never use my keyboard on my BA. And I never use all that fancy stuff like HSPDA. No need for. I hate this 200MHz stuff and those tiny screens. I agree with you, the return of the Alpine, QTEK 2020i etc.But I would spend the money for it rather then for a Touch!

port this WM5 to the BA, maybe finally a stable version.

a2dp & wm5 living in harmony?
nijhof said:
port this WM5 to the BA, maybe finally a stable version.
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no link to ROM. please repost. is this ROM using microsoft stack and how well is it working with a2dp and avrcp? any advice would be great. i would rather not move to WM5 if my stereo headset doesn't work
thanks,
woody

Woodalia said:
no link to ROM. please repost.
woody
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There never was one!

s this ROM using microsoft stack and how well is it working with a2dp and avrcp? any advice would be great. i would rather not move to WM5 if my stereo headset doesn't work
thanks,
I had no problem paring my Jabra 620 bleutooth stereo headset. Worked right away and every time i try to pair (as opposed to with my S200 which i regularly had to soft-reset to pair). Ome issue I have run into is turning of the HTC6300 during playback with WM also stops playback on the bleutooth headset (this worked with s200)

1 GHz Qualcomm CPU in future handsets & coming Nokia N810-killer?

I'm not really into writing hardware news (I don't have the time for something that other tech writers / bloggers also elaborate on - instead, I prefer spending my time on tutorials, software reviews, Bibles and unique, genuine hacks instead), but the latest hardware news (reported on by Geek.com) is indeed pretty interesting and certainly shows there will be some REALLY exciting Windows Mobile devices in the (unfortunately, not very near: late 2008 / early 2009) future. Let me cite Geek.com:
First look at Qualcomm’s new Fairbanks and Anchorage mobile platforms
The other model, the more exciting one for most people, is the “Anchorage”. This is based on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon platform so it will use a 1.0GHz processor (said to operate at 1/2 watt peak) along with WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, cellular, and a lot more good stuff. The unofficial word is that Snapdragon will offer close to the best power/performance ratio of anything on the market. The Anchorage device will be aimed more at productivity and the test model I saw had a QWERTY keyboard. The form factor of this model was a lot like the Nokia N810, but the actual design will be whatever OEMs want. So far we know that Samsung and HTC are on board, but there are a few others that are not official yet.
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Anchorage
Anchorage and iPhone
The Anchorage was running Windows Mobile 5.0, which was only used for display purposes as any OS, even a full OS, can be run on the 1.0GHz processor. It also has the camera with video recording, GPS, and live TV playback capability. Because it has a cellular signal it will be prime competition for a device like the HTC Advantage, though it will also compete against products like the Nokia N810 and Sony mylo 2.
Everything is still in its early stages and things will change a lot once the OEMs get their hands on them and start to customize. This may mean lost/added functionality as well as many different form factors and large swings in the price. All we do know is that we should start to see the devices released by the end of 2008, possible early 2009.

Which are all the Phones with - 1 GHz Qualcomm CPU ?
& which is Best of them all ?

The Acer F1 and Toshiba TG01 both boast Snapdragon processors. Many MIDs/Netbooks/Smartbooks whatever you want to call them also have it. I estimate that by next year it will be common for many devices to use it. It is revolutionary IMO

Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 will have Snapdragon & WM6.5!
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1932&c=sony_ericsson_xperia_x2

HTC Leo
Quad-band GSM/EDGE connectivity
Dual-band HSDPA connectivity (900/2100 MHz)
4.3 inch WVGA (480 x 800) capacitive touch screen display
Wi-Fi
GPS, A-GPS
Accelerometer
Light & proximity sensors
3.5mm headset jack
5MP autofocus camera with dual LED flash
512MB flash memory, 320MB RAM
MicroSD card support
1230 mAh battery
121 x 67 x 11 millimetres
Acer F1
Qualcomm 8250 1GHz processor
Windows Mobile 6.5 with Internet Explorer 6
3.8” WVGA Touchscreen Display
Quad-band GSM / Tri-band HSPA
512MB ROM / 256MB RAM
5 MegaPixel Autofocus with LED flash
microSD slot (support up to 32GB)
WiFi 802.11 b/g & Bluetooth 2.1
Quad-band GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
HSPA 900, 1900, 2100 (download 7.2 Mbps / upload 5.76 Mbps)
Motion Accelerometer
Ambient Light Sensor
Proximity Sensor
3.5mm audio jack
118.6 x 63 x 12mm
Toshiba TG01
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2009, January
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q2
Size Dimensions 129 x 70 x 9.9 mm
Weight 129
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 256K colors (65K effective)
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.1 inches
- Touch-sensitive navigation controls
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- 3D user interface
- Shake control
Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
Speakerphone Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB
Camera Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus
Video Yes
Secondary Yes
Features OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD2850 1 GHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), EMS, MMS, Email
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (IE)
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black, White
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- MP3/MPEG4 player
- Facebook and YouTube apps
- Photo editor
- Voice memo
- Organizer
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1000 mAh
Stand-by Up to 276 h
Talk time Up to 5 h
Sony Ericsson Xperia X2
-8.1mpx auto focus, VGA @ 30fps (MP4 HQ)
-3.5´ WVGA OLED (increased from 3.0 from X1)
-GPS, aGPS
-3.5 mm headphone jack
-Accelerometer
-Faster processor
-512 RAM
-Custom Windows Mobile 6.5 (SE engineers customized Win6.5 which runs very. very speedy. in par with iPhone and better in some cases)
-XPERIA Panels are modified with plenty of innovative features (PS3 remote play being one of them)
-Upgrading to Windows Mobile 7 is supported by Xperia panels
Make your Choice

HTC "Dream" phone = Google Android?

Seen this article when I fired up Yahoo Go! today on my 8525
http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20080320/tc_infoworld/96138_1
"San Francisco - The mobile phone High Tech Computer (HTC) has been developing to run on the Android software from Google will be called "Dream," have a large touchscreen and full QWERTY keypad, a person close to the situation said Thursday.
HTC may become the first handset maker in the world to put out a mobile phone developed around Android , but it faces stiff competition from Samsung, a separate source said. Samsung has stepped up its effort to put out a Google phone, the person said.
HTC's Google handset is just over 5-inches long and 3-inches wide, with a keypad underneath the screen that either slides out or swivels out. The aim of the keypad is for easy e-mail, note-taking, and writing Web addresses. Internet navigational controls are situated below the screen on the handset.
The handset will likely hit the market near the end of this year, the person said.
The company officially remained mum on the handset. "We cannot comment on this product," said Maggie Cheng, an HTC representative.
Last November, HTC became the first company to admit to developing a mobile phone based on Android , although Samsung, Motorola, and other handset developers are part of the group dedicated to furthering the software, the Open Handset Alliance .
Android, an open source software platform that includes an OS, is designed to take advantage of Internet services for mobility. The software could become a potent new rival to Windows Mobile and other handset operating systems . At the launch ceremony, Google announced that over 30 companies had joined the Open Handset Alliance."
also via Endgadget
and Forbes
pics
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specs:
Let’s take a closer look:
Microprocessor, Chipset
CPU: Qualcomm MSM7200 (Chipset)
Width of Machine Word: 32 bit
CPU Clock: 528 MHz
CPU Core: ARM1136EJ-S
Instruction Set: ARMv6
Memory, Storage capacity
ROM type: Flash EEPROM
ROM capacity: 256 MB
RAM type: SDRAM
RAM capacity: 128 MB
Hard Disk capacity: Not supported
Graphical subsystem
Display Type: color transflective TFT
Display Color Depth: 18 bit/pixel (262144 scales)
Display Resolution: 800 x 480 (384000 pixel)
Viewable Area: ? x ? (0 x 0 millimetres)
Audio Subsystem
Audio Channel(s): stereo sound
Analog/Digital Converter
(Recording): 16 bit quantization (nominal)
44100 Hz sampling frequency
Digital/Analog Converter
(Playing): 16 bit resolution
44100 Hz holding frequency
Microphone: mono
Speaker: 1 loudspeaker (mono)
Audio Output: Proprietary plug
Cellular Phone
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS850, UMTS1900, UMTS2100
Cellular Data Link: CSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA
Cellular Antenna: Internal
Call Alert: 128 -chord melody (polyphonic)
Vibrating Alert: Supported
Speakerphone : Supported
Control Peripherals
Positioning Device: Touchscreen
Primary Keyboard: Built-in QWERTY-type keyboard, 65 keys
Primary Keyboard Backlight: Automatic keyboard backlight (upon press of any key) and ambient light intensity sensor
Directional Pad: Not supported
Scroll Wheel: Not supported
Interfaces
Expansion Slots: microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, SDIO
Supports memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB
USB: USB 2.0 client, Full-Speed (12Mbit/s)
USB Series Mini-B (mini-USB) connector
Infrared Gate: Not supported
Bluetooth (802.15): Bluetooth 2.0 , Internal antenna
Wireless LAN/Wi-Fi (802.11): 802.11b, 802.11g (54Mbit/s)
Internal antenna
Multimedia Telecommunication
Analog TV: Not supported
Analog Radio: Not supported
Satellite Navigation (GPS)
GPS Protocol: NMEA 0183
Paralell Satellite Channels: 20 channels
GPS antenna: Internal antenna
Built-in Digital Camera
Main Camera: CMOS sensor, 2048x1536 (3.146 million pixels)
Autofocus (AF): Not supported
Optical Zoom: 1 x
Macro Mode: Not supported
Built-in Flash: Mobile light (LED)
Recordable Image Formats: JPG
Camcorder: 320x240pixel
Recordable Video Formats: 3GPP, MPEG4
Secondary Camera for Video Calling
Secondary Camera: CMOS sensor, 640x480 pixel
Recordable Image Formats: JPG
Camcorder: 640x480pixel
Recordable Video Formats: 3GPP, MPEG4
Power Supply
Battery: Lithium-ion , removable
Additional Details
Additional Features:
* rotatable display
* GPRS Class 10
* voice command
* video out (XGA)
more info:
http://www.slashgear.com/further-htc-omni-details-emerge-is-this-the-hottest-true-smartphone-106151.php
http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=790

here is a demo vid of Android not sure if that is the Dream/omni though...

!Kernel Panic! said:
here is a demo vid of Android not sure if that is the Dream/omni though...
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the android has street view...wow...it looks crazy good.

mmmhh!!
...Let's see!!

very cool info & looks of the "dream"...hope it comes true soon!

it will be interesting to see if Quake really does run smoothly @ 30fps on a 300+ mhz processor too....

tell me it will be gsm only and i'm going to beat some htc heads in.

omg .... appears to be a real dream come true ...

I think that won't be the final look...
... starting from that Windows key clearly visible on the keyboard!

looks the dogs bollericks doesn't it. I'm glad the Google initiative managed to persuade HTC to switch to their platform It'll be interesting how this effects the HTC/Microsoft relationship which has always been a bit bumchum for my liking.

more android vids here.

Looking at this: http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=790
It seems to be WM and not Android

is this OS specific to the device or are you going to be able to hack existing ppc's to install it as an alternative to wm?

Zenoran said:
is this OS specific to the device or are you going to be able to hack existing ppc's to install it as an alternative to wm?
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If I were a betting man I would say device specific even with "Android" aka Linux, I think, you would need device specific drivers. If your device uses the same components then you may be able to.

l3v5y said:
Looking at this: http://www.pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=790
It seems to be WM and not Android
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I'm developing on android, and what is shown in the video is definitly android. i dont know if the "dream" phone is shipped with android but htc is working on an android device. and btw: android really kicks ass! not just for developers but for endusers too.

I don't think the "Dream" phone which is what that article is about will have android.
After playing around with the Android SDK, I have to say I can't wait for a device, and to see what everyone has programmed!

would be very cool if community would develop this around existing devices... wm is so inefficient I'm excited to see a viable alternative but would be unfortunate if it only works on new devices...

Sideburnt said:
looks the dogs bollericks doesn't it. I'm glad the Google initiative managed to persuade HTC to switch to their platform It'll be interesting how this effects the HTC/Microsoft relationship which has always been a bit bumchum for my liking.
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What exactly does "bumchum" mean?
I want to see a phone with mostly screen area (Like iPhone), and a slide out keyboard that tilts (like the Tilt). From the looks of the Android demos, it looks like most everything will be done with touch inputs on the screen. However there will be folks (like me) that want a good QWERTY keyboard for SMS, and to be able to prop it up on a table in tilt mode for hands-free video calling.

I used the dream... only for a a minute or so. I work for one of the companies make a part for the phone.
Sorry for the quality, all I had was my PDA on hand to get the pic and upcoming vid.
If you want to know anything, please let me know and I might be able to help.

OK! sorry for another post but the vid finally came through. Get VLC or quicktime to play it. I am new on this posting vids so for now please dont hate me for the rapidshare.
not too good, but its a vid. sorry for the format... blackjack 2 records that way.
http://rapidshare.com/files/135139205/MOV-0001.3gp.html

[Q] HTC 7 PRO (touch pro 3) Windows 7 Phone

I would like opinionson what I wrote to HTC and Sprint!
HTC,
Htc 7 Pro
I would like to know the big difference between the Htc Touch Pro 2 and the new Htc 7 Pro, which is heading to sprint next year, and how does the Htc 7 Pro compare to the Samsung Epic 4G? I have also added a conclusion that people would like to see you take into consideration. It is just a small favor for the small upgrade to what suppose to be the successor to the touch Pro 2.
Phone Htc Touch Pro 2
Operating System Windows Mobile® 6.5 Professional
Processor Qualcomm® MSM7600™ 528 MHz
Internal Memory ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 288 MB
Display 3.6-inch TFT-LCD touch-sensitive screen with 480 x 800 WVGA resolution with adjustable tilt screen
Technology CDMA: Dual-band 800/1900MHz, CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEVDO rev. A, and IS-95A/B voice or data, with up to 1.8 Mbps up-link and 3.1Mbps down-link speeds
Email Support for Office Outlook Mobile® and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push
Dimensions 4.57” (L) x 2.33” (W) x 0.68 (D)
Weight 6.35 ounces (with battery)
Battery 1500 mAh Li-on
Talk time: Up to 4 hours
Standby: over 2 weeks
(The above are subject to network and phone usage)
Speakerphone Straight Talk™ with built-in dual Microphone and dual speakers for conference call
Built-in Camera 3.2 megapixel color camera with auto focus
Audio/Video Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile, MPEG-4, AVI, WAV, MP3, MP4, MIDI, WMV, 3GP, 3G2, WMA
I/O Interface Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for stereo wireless headsets, WiFi®: IEEE 802.11b/g
Expansion microSD™ memory card slot
Device Navigation Slide out QWERTY keyboard, end/power button, send/hands-free button, back/clear button, Home button, volume up/down button, power button
Antenna Internal antenna
In-Box Content HTC Touch Pro2, AC phone charger, USB sync cable, battery, extra stylus, LCD screen protector, Getting Started CD, Get Started poster, Basics Guide, Set up Your Email Guide, Features Guide
Phone
Htc 7 Pro
Size
59mm(2.32") 15.5mm(0.61") 117.5mm(4.63")
Weight
• 185 grams (6.53 ounces) with battery
Keyboard
• Slideout keyboard
Display
• Type: Touch screen with pinch-to-zoom capability
• Size: 3.6 inches
• Resolution: 480 x 800 WVGA
Screen size: 91.4 mm (3.6")
CPU Processing Speed
1 GHz
Storage
Internal storage: 8 GB
ROM: 512 MB
RAM: 448 MB
Connectors
• 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
• Standard micro-USB (5-pin micro-USB 2.0)
Sensors
• G-Sensor
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Ambient light sensor
HTC Hub
• Weather, Stocks, Converter, Photo Enhancer, Sound Enhancer, and more
• Downloadable apps and games
Multimedia1
• See photos from your camera, Facebook® and Windows Live™ accounts in the Pictures hub
• Music and Videos Hub powered by Zune® lets you listen to radio, download music, and more
• SRS surround sound
Audio supported formats:
• .m4a, .m4b, .mp3, .wma (Windows Media Audio 9)
Video supported formats:
• Playback: .3gp, .3g2, .mp4, .m4v, .mbr, .wmv (Windows Media Video 9 and VC-1)
• Recording: .mp4
Power & Battery2
Battery type: Rechargeable Lithium-ion polymer or Lithium-ion battery
Capacity: 1500 mAh
Talk time:
• WCDMA: Up to 420 mins
• GSM: Up to 330 mins
Standby time3:
• WCDMA: Up to 420 hours
• GSM: Up to 360 hours
Network4
Europe:
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Asia Pacific:
• HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
• GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
Platform5
Windows® Phone OS 7
Camera
• 5 megapixel color camera
• Auto focus and flash
• 720p HD video recording
• Built-in scenes include candlelight, landscape, and portrait match the environment of your subject
Internet6
3G:
• Up to 7.2 Mbps download speed
• Up to 2 Mbps upload speed
GPRS:
• Up to 114 kbps downloading
EDGE:
• Up to 560 kbps downloading
Wi-Fi®:
• Wi-Fi®: IEEE 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth®
• Bluetooth® 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
• A2DP for wireless stereo headsets
• Other supported profiles: AVRCP, HFP, HSP, PBAP
Social Networking
• Facebook® and Windows Live™
• Share photos on Facebook® or Windows Live™ SkyDrive®
Location
• Internal GPS antenna
• Bing™ Maps
Special Features
• Customize your phone with live tiles which dynamically update all key information right on the Start screen
• Choose from thousands of video titles and music tracks via integrated Zune® services
• Play console-quality video games with XBox LIVE® integration
Recommended Windows System Requirements
• Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, or Windows® XP
• Zune® software
In conclusion, The Htc touch pro 3 (aka) Htc 7 Pro, which suppose to be more of a business phone, should have a frontward facing camera, at least a micro sd memory card reader for those of us who already have a 16gig micro sd memory card, at least a 4.0 inch screen, and run on the 4G network. I will not mention that the Bluetooth and USB use old technology on the Htc 7 Pro when the new Bluetooth and USB upgraded technology is available. Asking for mobile hotspot and a 1.5 dual core processor would be asking for too much. Most importantly Htc, how does the Htc 7 Pro compare to the Samsung Epic 4G besides the OS?! For those who would like to see the specs of the Samsung Epic 4G with Sprint, go to the Sprint website or Google it.
Notice the full five-row keyboard and big 4-inch screen with a frontward facing camera for video conference. Most importantly check out the specs! So what is the difference between the Htc touch Pro 2 and Htc 7 Pro, and how does it compare to the Samsung Epic 4G?!

That's the way I think HTC should use it, not for WP7. Sorry for offtopic.
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Corias said:
That's the way I think HTC should use it, not for WP7. Sorry for offtopic.
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I think that would be more akin to the successor of the HTC Shift than the HTC Touch Pro 2.

[Review] THL T6 PRO, MTK6592M Octa-core, 5'' HD IPS Screen, 1GB RAM/8GB ROM

Hello to everyone! I recently received THL T6 Pro smartphone. Seems that some users are interested in its features and more indepth description, so I decided to post a text review here, highlighting all the features, which users asked about in other discussion topics. Mod Edit: Commercial links removed.
So, let's start.
Free shipping was fast and took only 11 days. The packaging was very good and nothing got damaged.
Inside the box one will find: the phone itself, plastic bumper, additional protective film, charger, USB-microUSB cable, headset and starter manual. Now besides this they provide a 8GB SDcard as a gift in the package.
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Highlights:
- OS: Android 4.4.2
- CPU: MTK6592M Cortex A7 Octa-core CPU, 1.4GHz
- GPU: Mali-450 MP4
- RAM: 1GB
- ROM: 8GB (microSD up to 32GB)
- Screen: 5.0" IPS HD 720р, 5 points capacitive multitouch
- Networks: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 900/2100MHz
- GPS + Bluetooth 4.0
- WiFi: 802.11b/g/n
- WiFi Display, Smart Gesture, Multitasking Window
- Rear camera: 8.0MP, AF + flashlight
- Front camera: 2.0MP
- Two SIM card slots
- Battery: 1900 mAh
- Dimensions: 143 x 71 x 9 mm
- Weight: 155 g
The phone has a thin strict body with right angles. There's a metal like edging on both sides with dark plastic inserts inside it.
On the front there are three standard silver touch buttons, a speaker, hidden light and proximity sensors and notification light, which has red color.
The model is called black, and it seems that it is in the dark light, but if you put it under the bright light or sun, you'll see it's body sparkling and actually dark blue.
On the back we have the main camera, flashlight and the speaker at the bottom. The coverage isn't slick and the phone is nice to hold.
On the left side there are the volume buttons, on the right – the power button.
On the upper edge there's a 3.5 mm headphone socket and microUSB port, on the lower edge there's only the mic.
Under the back cover there are two SIM cards and microSD slots, and replaceable battery.
This smartphone has a 5'' IPS HD (1280 x 720) screen with 5 points capacitive multitouch, which work very well and precise.
The colors of the screen are vivid and natural, the white color is real and not blueish or yellowish as in some other devices.
The brightness can be adjusted in a very wide range from really dusk to very bright. You can pick it to your liking or just use the auto-brightness feature. Due to IPS technology the screen is clearly visible both indoor and outdoors, even in bright sunlight. The viewing angles are good.
The phone has a comparatively new MTK6592M Cortex A7 Octa core CPU, 1.4GHz and Mali-450 MP4 GPU. The advantage of this CPU is the new power saving technology: it automatically adjusts the number of working cores according to the process loading, so when the phone is in sleep mode or almost idle only one core is active, and then when needed CPU turns on more cores one by one.
The amount of RAM is 1GB and ROM is 8GB. Internal memory is divided into two parts: system memory partition has 2GB and the user partition has 4.28GB of free space.
The smartphone works smooth and fast, it handles all applications and 3D games without any problems. Here are some general info ant synthetic tests results screenshots:
This phone supports two SIM cards, supported frequencies are GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 900/2100MHz. The signal quality is pretty good, the phone never lost network connection while using it for two weeks now. Both speakers and the mic quality is decent. The back speaker is loud and clear.
WiFi connection is stable, the signal is high in different places of the house.
Bluetooth version is 4.0 and it works fine.
GPS works good. For the first start it took some minutes to find and to connect to several satellites, now the start takes just some seconds. In my location GPS finds 10-11 satellites and maintains the connection with 8-9 outdoors and 4-5 indoors near the window.
This smartphone has such features additional features as WiFi Display, Smart Gesture, Multitasking Window. Due to WiFi Display you can transfer the picture from the phone to supporting devices.
Smart Gesture allows you to light the screen or launch some applications from the locked screen, you just have to tap twice or draw some letter or gesture.
Multitasking Window feature appears like a side menu, which you can move around the screen to the place you like, and allows to launch some applications in the floating window.
You can turn off all these features if you don't need them.
In the stock firmware there are the standard applications, including Google Services, Play Market and Skype installed, as well as several boosting applications as DU Speed Booster, Clean Master. If you don't need any of the third party pre-installed applications you can easily delete any you like from the standard apps management menu.
The phone has a 2MP front camera and 8MP back with autofocus and flashlight. Both cameras are decent for this price. You can make some really good pictures with the main camera if there's enough lighting. This camera also shoots the video up to 1080p, but for now only with 15fps. Maybe it will be fixed in future stock or custom firmwares.
Here are some pictures examples:
Front Camera:
The battery is 1900 mAh. It's average, nowadays many low-end phones have similar or even smaller capacity. Here are results from Atutu Battery Test:
Unfortunately the battery consumption by time graph was removed from the firmware's menu by the manufacturer, but you can use some thirdparty application to see it.
With the average episodic usage the phone lives for about 1 or 2 days on one charge, of course it depends on the ways you use it. If you want to use this phone constantly for a long time you'll need a power bank definitely.
When the phone is idle and in the sleep mode it consumes very little of charge, only several percent a day, which is due to the new power saving CPU.
Summing up, I can say that this new model from THL turned out to be a good one. For now it seems to be the cheapest octacore phone with HD screen.

How is it holding up now that you've had it for a while - particularly call and data quality?

FoneWatcher said:
How is it holding up now that you've had it for a while - particularly call and data quality?
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Hi. Everything runs well and no glithces or breaking occured yet.. Been using it for a month already.

FallenAngela said:
Hi. Everything runs well and no glithces or breaking occured yet.. Been using it for a month already.
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That's good to hear. I'm really on the fence because this would just be purely a backup phone, but one with octa core, but a 120 bucks is still 120 bucks.
I don't see any other device listed under your profile, so have you compared it to other high-end, quad-core phones? I see the benchmarks, but can you really feel and see a difference in speed of apps, etc. or is 8 cores just mostly a marketing gimmick (even if it is a solid phone otherwise?)
TIA