Guest ThermalDroid Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) SKATE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED AS BEING AN 800MHz ARM 6 DEVICE. Please look else where for your next device may I suggest the Motorola Defy. Edited July 23, 2011 by ThermalDroid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hopefully the price isn't! :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThermalDroid Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 The money Carlo will be subsidised by orange so it will be cheaper... Hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 I hop so - but by how much once they've done the maths on how many people unlocked the Blade! I've seen Desires for not much more than that on HUKD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ColdEmbrace Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 Hopefully the price isn't! :o article states £229 thats more than double the blade, is it really worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest targetbsp Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 (edited) If it's a 1ghz ARM7 then it's pretty much on par with last years top phones - but it's also approaching them on price. It's basically a high end phone, surely not aimed at the same customer base as the Blade? Unless the shops can discount it a fair whack, then I'd have to say that if I was spending that amount of money on a phone (and I'm never going to!) I'd go the extra tenner and buy a Desire Edited July 16, 2011 by targetbsp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 surely not aimed at the same customer base as the Blade? I don't think so, I'd say it's aimed at the market segment above the Blade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rferrett Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 I don't think so, I'd say it's aimed at the market segment above the Blade. I thought that the "sweet spot" for the Skate would be between 150-170. Those who had and loved the blade would i'd guess be tempted to plunk for a better phone form the same folks in that sort of price bracket. 200 or Northwards is just too much. The fan base for the Blade/San Fran was because it was affordable, but people don't just spunk 200 around (or if they do then they aint interested in mid range ZTE phones). We shall see, I still expect the Monte Carlo variety to come in sub 200 squid. Ralph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest grudas Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 ill tell you what.. if it was a HTC/MOTOROLA/Nokia etc.. i wouldn't be surprised if it was £229.. but for a ZTE even tho they are fine by me.. i will not pay 229 quid for a zte when i can get a HTC desire, samsung galaxy s etc for the same price or LOWER.. both build quality and the phone it self will better than the ZTE.. the BLADE got such a big comminity because of the price and SPECs.. while the specs with 1ghz CPU are good on the monte carlo its no way worth the asking price.. so unless orange reduces the price to around 150-170 it won't sell half as good as the BLADE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest k0zmic Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 unless orange reduces the price to around 150-170 it won't sell half as good as the BLADE. I'm fairly confident the Monte Carlo will be around the £150 mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HCDR.Jacob Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'd go for this over a desire. I believe it's a newer 1GHz chip, which is more efficient and faster than the one in the Desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThermalDroid Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 I'd go for this over a desire. I believe it's a newer 1GHz chip, which is more efficient and faster than the one in the Desire. No confirmation but hopefully :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deksman2 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Things to keep in mind about the price quoted in the article... The same article mentioned the phone would be ZTE's, non-branded and unlocked. If you recall, numerous phones in UK had a tendency to cost a lot more if they were sold unlocked from the get go. Now, if Orange for example brands it as their own, and locks it to their network, then there's a possibility the price will go down by about £100... which would bring it to £125 (or more - which entirely depends on how Orange decides to price it on PAYG). As for the remark that the phone is not targeted to the same people who bought the Blade... I cannot say I agree entirely. I would surmise, that the Skate is meant to replace the Blade in the same segment. What we currently have on the market are dual-core phones. So, single-core 1GhZ phones are considered 'last generation tech' (a category in which the Blade was placed because, 'higher end' models last year were clocked at around 1GHz, while a year before that at 600Mhz). Every year, the bar goes up (as manufacturers release faster/more powerful phones) and when a new generation of hardware comes up, their immediate predecessors get placed into their predecessors departments. Though I have to say I would have preferred if the price on a branded ZTE Skate (say on Orange) would be placed as the same one like the Blade. There's still a chance for this to occur though because if you recall, officially, unlocked/unbranded phones are generally much more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThermalDroid Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Things to keep in mind about the price quoted in the article... The same article mentioned the phone would be ZTE's, non-branded and unlocked. If you recall, numerous phones in UK had a tendency to cost a lot more if they were sold unlocked from the get go. Now, if Orange for example brands it as their own, and locks it to their network, then there's a possibility the price will go down by about £100... which would bring it to £125 (or more - which entirely depends on how Orange decides to price it on PAYG). As for the remark that the phone is not targeted to the same people who bought the Blade... I cannot say I agree entirely. I would surmise, that the Skate is meant to replace the Blade in the same segment. What we currently have on the market are dual-core phones. So, single-core 1GhZ phones are considered 'last generation tech' (a category in which the Blade was placed because, 'higher end' models last year were clocked at around 1GHz, while a year before that at 600Mhz). Every year, the bar goes up (as manufacturers release faster/more powerful phones) and when a new generation of hardware comes up, their immediate predecessors get placed into their predecessors departments. Though I have to say I would have preferred if the price on a branded ZTE Skate (say on Orange) would be placed as the same one like the Blade. There's still a chance for this to occur though because if you recall, officially, unlocked/unbranded phones are generally much more expensive. Gotta say I agree with this! Thing is the next Gen will be started not by phones but by Sony;s release of the NGP or PSVita later this year with its quad core processor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Modifoid Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) Zte Skate launch date. Electricpig.co.uk have posted an article which was re-tweeted by ZTE_UK stating that the launch date in the UK for the unbranded ZTE Skate would be 19 September. http://electricpig.c...nd-launch-date/ Edited July 20, 2011 by Modifoid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stephen1972 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 www.superetrader.co.uk/zte/zte-skate-sim-free.html?gad=CMDIu8kDEgg-s_Nh2Zr1URiY3OT-AyCY9p4zPHPSESSID=a9f60e5cb70de4f8ad14e892ae520a0a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest finbaar Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 www.superetrader.co.uk/zte/zte-skate-sim-free.html?gad=CMDIu8kDEgg-s_Nh2Zr1URiY3OT-AyCY9p4zPHPSESSID=a9f60e5cb70de4f8ad14e892ae520a0a This link is still saying 800mhz for the processor And electricpig is saying the Skate is a competitor for the SGS2. They are mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Atomix86 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 And electricpig is saying the Skate is a competitor for the SGS2. They are mad. O_o lol that's mad. Its not even comparable to the first galaxy s. I think ZTE are getting a bit big for their boots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ThermalDroid Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 I dunno for the right price I'd rgue that point ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted July 22, 2011 Report Share Posted July 22, 2011 And sadly as some may have read already the Skate is 800MHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest colin.bate Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Its now available on orange for £149.99 +£10 top up http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/orange-monte-carlo Regards Colin Bate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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