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[Sebastian404]

Huawei continue to clutter the landscape with cheap devices.

http://eurodroid.com...for-80-on-payg/

There is an interesting point on eurodroid that this could just be a just another branding of the  Smart, or Stockholm, or Rapport..

[hecatae]

well it's not a armv6 device, but an armv7, msm7225a also known as the Huawei U8185

[hecatae]

http://shop.o2.co.uk...wei/Ascend Y100

available, o2 claim it has 512mb ram

[Sebastian404]

I'll go see if I can pick one up, not long before I'm back in the US, I was hoping to get an Orange Dublin so I could mess with NFC...

[hecatae]

Sebastian404, on 02 June 2012 - 09:46 AM, said:

I'll go see if I can pick one up, not long before I'm back in the US, I was hoping to get an Orange Dublin so I could mess with NFC...

ok, do LG's do nothing for you?

[Sebastian404]

I was trying to stick to ZTE and Huawei and not venture into other areas....  but who knows where my obsession will take me

I picked one up last weekend, but I've been too sick and busy with work stuff to even open the box..

The guy in the shop even said 'why do you want one of those' when I asked for it...  I had to pretend to have an imaginary child

[Mtman1]

Sebastian404, on 12 June 2012 - 06:31 PM, said:

I had to pretend to have an imaginary child

Awkward...

Are you going to dev for this phone?
I might get one if you do...

[Sebastian404]

I cant say I'd recomend it, If you looking to spend 70gbp on a device, save up an extra 30 and get a g300, its worth it.

I'll probably port clockwork mod and whatever else to it, but Im not planning on porting CM7

[hecatae]

if you are looking for a cheap hacking device, a PURPLE Vodafone Smart will cost £40 from Vodafone, yes Purple.

[hecatae]

Sebastian404, on 16 June 2012 - 10:17 AM, said:

I cant say I'd recomend it, If you looking to spend 70gbp on a device, save up an extra 30 and get a g300, its worth it.

I'll probably port clockwork mod and whatever else to it, but Im not planning on porting CM7

Lets get AOSP ICS on it.

[Mtman1]

hecatae, on 16 June 2012 - 12:26 PM, said:

Lets get AOSP ICS on it.

That would be funny....

[Sebastian404]

hecatae, on 16 June 2012 - 12:26 PM, said:

if you are looking for a cheap hacking device, a PURPLE Vodafone Smart will cost £40 from Vodafone, yes Purple.

I noticed that in a Super Market yesterday, the black one was still 50.

The Smart is a nice little device, for 40 its a bargain, there was a semi active community for it too, I wish they had kind of upped the screen size with the Smart II, but I suspect since they switched supplier to Alcatel its probably considered a replacement rather than an upgrade

[Mtman1]

Tbh if I was spending £40 on a phone, I would get the Samsung galaxy Europa ( which has a community)

[hecatae]

vodafone smart has a community.

anyway digressing, htc explorer is £10 more and is hvga.

[Mtman1]

hecatae, on 20 June 2012 - 07:36 PM, said:

anyway digressing, htc explorer is £10 more and is hvga.

Really? 10 quid more? I can only find it for £80

[hecatae]

Ten pounds more than the ascend y100

[Mtman1]

Ohhhh I get you now still, I would get a g300

[hecatae]

Seen koush has bootstrap automated clockwork recovery

[Duckeh]

Just thought i'd let people know that this phone is only £25 right now from the o2 web store. Just had to get one because it was cheap

https://www.o2.co.uk...ei/ascend-y100/