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[Davidoff59]

When people have a problem with their phone, they generally search online for a fix. It can be seen in the Huawei G300 forum. When you get no response from the vendor or manufacturer, then the modding community steps in and helps them. I also think the devving community is underestimated.
My first Android phone was the blade and I did a search, found modaco, heard how it could be improved by modding and I got stuck in and am now hooked on it.

[trueno2k]

toge64, on 15 August 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

It needs to drop in price I think before anyone would touch it.

I agree also, but by the time that happens people would have already moved onto much better devices, especially us in the modding community...

Edited by trueno2k, 15 August 2012 - 09:09 PM.

[hecatae]

Quad core will be in this price range soon and dual core will be half price of this

[hugobosslives]

hecatae, on 15 August 2012 - 09:35 PM, said:

Quad core will be in this price range soon and dual core will be half price of this

i'm guna hold you to that mate

[tillaz]

hugobosslives, on 17 August 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

i'm guna hold you to that mate

zte are using nvidia's Kia platform for there tegra 3 devices (same as the nexus 7 tablet @ £159.99)
so they will be priced good, sub £250

http://news.softpedi...ar-279644.shtml

http://pocketnow.com...ave-the-answer/

[hecatae]

hugobosslives, on 17 August 2012 - 11:33 AM, said:

i'm guna hold you to that mate

you are welcome to, can currently buy a brand new dual core android for £124 and it's not a chinese import

[lordjubblydave]

hecatae, on 18 August 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

you are welcome to, can currently buy a brand new dual core android for £124 and it's not a chinese import

What phone ?

I am looking for something with a bit more beef than the G300

[hecatae]

lordjubblydave, on 20 August 2012 - 12:19 PM, said:

What phone ?

I am looking for something with a bit more beef than the G300

http://www.modaco.co...-go-includ-r663

[Sir_Didymus]

Hmm here's hoping the ZTE Era comes in for less than £250 because it's not looking likely with the Grand X selling for 200 and even more simfree. I think it will enter the market at around £300 and then drop towards the £250 mark eventually.

[tillaz]

Sir_Didymus, on 20 August 2012 - 11:36 PM, said:

Hmm here's hoping the ZTE Era comes in for less than £250 because it's not looking likely with the Grand X selling for 200 and even more simfree. I think it will enter the market at around £300 and then drop towards the £250 mark eventually.

have you read my post, above...

the grand x is not using the Kia platform... its tegra 2, and cost more to produce

look at the specs of the nexus 7 tablet (uses tegra 3 kia platform)

7inch 720p IPS display...
1GB RAM
quad core tegra 3
8gb storage

£159.99... all its missing is a cellular radio, witch i cant see adding more than £90 to the value...

nvidia say 30 tegra 3 handsets will ship this year using the affordable kia platform... zte era is one of them...

so expect to see a lot of sub £250 tegra 3 devices this Christmas, they did say its the Chinese market that will start it off though, so...

[Sebastian404]

tillaz, on 21 August 2012 - 02:58 AM, said:

£159.99... all its missing is a cellular radio, witch i cant see adding more than £90 to the value...

Cellular hardware (the traditional 3g, not LTE) would add less than $1 to the price, however the 'hidden' costs would be all the time and effort spend on antenna placement / development , and then compliance testing, and you have to multiply that by every market its going to be sold in, that sort of testing goes on for months sometimes.

There is a reason there is a 100$ difference between iPads with and without cellular (its not totally down to the Apple Tax)

[tillaz]

Sebastian404, on 21 August 2012 - 10:51 AM, said:

Cellular hardware (the traditional 3g, not LTE) would add less than $1 to the price, however the 'hidden' costs would be all the time and effort spend on antenna placement / development , and then compliance testing, and you have to multiply that by every market its going to be sold in, that sort of testing goes on for months sometimes.

There is a reason there is a 100$ difference between iPads with and without cellular (its not totally down to the Apple Tax)

i know, but even with an extra £63 ($100) it would still be under £250

[trueno2k]

Dual core Mediatek version of the ZTE Grand X with 1GB RAM found at etotalk.com!... Link --> http://www.etotalk.c...-led_p3164.html

Edited by trueno2k, 22 August 2012 - 10:49 AM.

[hugobosslives]

hecatae, on 18 August 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

you are welcome to, can currently buy a brand new dual core android for £124 and it's not a chinese import

yer but that has a tiny screen. don't think I could go back to a blade sized screen anymore.

All we need is this 250 quid quad core phone to be sold in the UK (and be unlockable and with an open bootloader) and this site will have a new blade sized forum