Imagine one of the best and free mobile OS installed on the cheapest phones in the market? Yeah, those cheap knock-off phones from China could probably one days come with an Android OS.
I realized there’s nothing in this world these Chinese factories cannot make so why not a cheap phone with Android OS in them?
It doesn’t need to be touchscreen but the basic specs that we’re seeing in the gray market will do: Dual Active SIM, QWERTY keyboard, WiFI, 3G, a TV Tuner, 256MB internal storage for Android App and up to 8GB microSD Card.
If they can do that and have Android OS 1.5 in them then still sell it for under Php5,000, now that’s gonna be something. They don’t even have to put a fake Nokia logo in them to sell these stuff.
But then again, because of poor quality control and lack of warranty, it’s still risk. Still an Android phone for under Php5k, I’ll try it!
Update: I heard Torque Mobile is doing a Pinoy Android dual SIM phone? Is that out already?
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Twitter: mparazgmail.com
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The open source Android isn’t ready to be burned onto phone firmware. Some adaptation needs to be made. And, lots of apps assume you have a touchscreen.
@migs – I heard Torque Mobile is doing a Pinoy Android Dual SIM phone.
Twitter: Filpolitics
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That would be cool. There are already a lot of knock-off phones with Wifi here and they already cost 5k. I think the established ones (torque, myphone, cherry mobile) would also come out with their version of wifi enabled phones before December. But I don’t think it would have wifi.
Twitter: Teknisyan
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someone out there may already doing that… then before we know it… the steps on how to hack a china phone and install android has been on a blog. But yeah… for a 5k or less. An android phone is a catch.
Why not install android on those china/rip off iphones. touch screen anyone?!
http://teknisyan.blogspot.com
Twitter: Teknisyan
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someone out there may already doing that… then before we know it… the steps on how to hack a china phone and install android has been on a blog. But yeah… for a 5k or less. An android phone is a catch.
Why not install android on those china/rip off iphones. touch screen anyone?!
http://teknisyan.blogspot.com/2010/01/another-fake-phone-nokia-n95.html
Yes, tama ka dun sir yuga.. that’s a nice idea.. I also heard the same thing in a news somewhere that Torque would make an Android phone of their own.. sana bilisan nila.. at sana may web updates para ma-educate yung ibang Pilipino na Nokia, Ericsson, etc.. lang ang alam na brand ng cellphone! (bitter?? heheh!)
I’ll definitely buy one. It’s just a matter of time before such a China-phone running the Open Source Android OS comes out. It might need to have touch-screen support though but that’s no hassle for those China-phones either. They’ve got lots of touch screen phones already.
If one comes out, please post it here. I want to try one.
Twitter: rand0m_insanity
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I’d surely buy one too! I just hope they design the phone better. Most China phones today are either lookalikes or badly designed, looking like bricks or bars of soaps.
Twitter: mrsnoodleboy
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interesting thought! Would buy it myself if that would materialize..
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e2 yung website nung torque mobile.check out their products. its so cool.
http://torque-online.com/index.php
i also found this. prices for their mobile phone.
http://www.marikinavalley.com/link.php?page=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/migsmobile/~3/6bWOycSABcw/
Twitter: leosmorales
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Maganda yan, mdami kc s mga china phone, knokopya ang interface ng iphone, sna mga mgawa nila yan
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wifi phone na 5k? san meron?
Madami nang phone sa 168 may wifi and under 5k…
i’ll also buy one once these phones ship into our market. 5k lang? astig siguro yun kung may android app na parang tv recorder tapos may tuner ung phone..hehehe..
on a serious note, ZTE joining the open handset alliance shows that the Chinese manufacturers are now turning their attention to this new mobile platform. expect sooner na meron na lalabas na mga cheap android phones dito sa atin.
http://www.androidfonatic.com
with zte joining the open handset alliance, it shows that the chinese manufacturing industry will be focusing their attention to this new platform. expect that these cheap android phones will be in the stores sooner than we expected.
an android phone for 5k? bibili ako nun siyempre!
I have the Nexus One and it rocks the iphone no question. As for Torque? HAHA…right. Who wants a phone that runs Android 1.x? 2.0+ or nothing.
As long as it’s cheaper than the more popular brands and runs on Android, then I’ll get one.
Twitter: simplynice93
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Maganda yan! Dapat i-pursue na ng Torque, myPhone and Cherry Mobile yun kasi baka maunahan pa sila ng Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Ngayon kasi, pag nauna ka kuha mo na yung market (basta ok yung phone).
does the wifi work? please have a review about it sir yuga.. thanks..
torque – check out the site of compex. they have 2 torque models there.
Twitter: esugajr
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definitely this kind of cellphone will come out from one the chinese company because nothing is impossible to them.
found this item.. it’s a china phone.. i’m not sure if it’s true, since it’s sold out already.. but a great phone if it’s true.. haha..:D
http://www.sulit.com.ph/index.php/view+classifieds/id/594039/referralKeywords/iphone/**The+ULTIMATE+iPhone+KILLER%3A+%5BWiFi%2BGPS%5D+Daxian+T32+X999%2B+NOW+HERE!+iPhone+Clone+*See+also%3A+jackstoys%2C+jackstoyz%2C+mini+iphone%2C+sciphone+i68%2B%2C+a510%2C+F488E%2C+K68+LV+louis+vuitton%2C+TV99%2C+n100i%2C+n99i%2C+Jinpeng%2C+UFO+996%2C+Q8%2C+Q380A%2B%2C+toshibo%2C+china+phone