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[invertedgoatie]

1 Ghz dual core processor
512 RAM

Worth the upgrade?

http://www.t3.com/ne...hes-ascend-g330

[Smiff2]

article is useless without Payg price.

[invertedgoatie]

£100

From another news site.

[Smiff2]

yeah, see previous thread. only diff is dual core?
might be worth waiting a few weeks then if it's about to come out. also G300 has got to drop, if they don't sell out.

Edited by Smiff2, 24 November 2012 - 12:26 PM.

[MrPuddington]

invertedgoatie, on 24 November 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

1 Ghz dual core processor
512 RAM

Worth the upgrade?

http://www.t3.com/ne...hes-ascend-g330

Maybe, but I think the real issue is that the phone only has 512 MB of RAM, which a lot of that already reserved for other things (baseband?). And the GPU is really slow - so a faster CPU is not going to make much difference.

Now if it was the dual SIM version, I would be very tempted...

[SuhiJr]

Inside G330 is MSM8225 (2x Cortex A5 at 1GHz), still no HD video shooting, but better graphic chip Adreno 203 then in G300.

I am waiting something better with HD video shooting. But this is looking good for 100 pounds

[kyan31]

512 mb ram? No thanks.

[b4da55]

kyan31, on 24 November 2012 - 02:13 PM, said:

512 mb ram? No thanks.

My thoughts exactly

[Smiff2]

yes, please, if it's cheap enough!
(G300 is still best at £100, so G330 at £100 is probably also still best isn't it..)

edit: unless there is something with G330 having less usable RAM than G300 that i don't know about?

i know for ICS you really want 1GB.

Edited by Smiff2, 24 November 2012 - 03:03 PM.

[Smiff2]

http://www.mobot.net...-talktalk-50595


they've upped internal flashram to 4gb? slightly useless.

interesting part though is article implies won't be going PAYG until 2013. i.e. it will be contract on TalkTalk. bummer!


edit: surely this is the current competitor/next phone above G300 ?

http://www.phones4u....?ItemKey=627258

Galaxy Ace 2.
Dual Core, otherwise pretty similar to G300/G330 no?

Edited by Smiff2, 24 November 2012 - 05:02 PM.

[SuhiJr]

Ace 2 is much better but its cost much more then g330 and g300.

Ace 2
Dual core 800MHz (cortex a9) NovaThore U8500 i think
768MB RAM
720p video recording
Official JB update

[Smiff2]

nope, it's same price as G330 currently. that's my point. both are around £150. when G330 is available in UK PAYG, it may be less, but that's speculation.

So the Ace 2 is the phone to compete with (next one above G300 currently), weird no one mentioned it here before?

[Pondlife]

Is Ace 2 that price at anywhere recognisable? oops missed link. That's a dramatic drop from when last I saw it.

Edited by Pondlife, 24 November 2012 - 07:35 PM.

[Urbanchina]

Tbh I don't really want to get stuck to a 24 months contract. Payg the way for freedom upgrade every 6 month. Surely the phone(g330) still worth about hundred quid when I flock it in eBay.

[tillaz]

i would love to see this (£99) phone come to the uk more than anything

zte u950 > http://www.mobot.net/zte-u950/news

[Smiff2]

that looks great but not for xmas.
and, not for £100, really annoying these articles give local price conversions like that.


might be the next big one?
Blade > G300 > u950

[tillaz]

Smiff2, on 26 November 2012 - 01:26 AM, said:

that looks great but not for xmas.
and, not for £100, really annoying these articles give local price conversions like that.


might be the next big one?
Blade > G300 > u950

how wont it be £100 ?

[Smiff2]

sorry i just meant that its not £100 now, because of tax, import costs etc. hopefully it will be, but probably not until i dunno mid next year? they could charge £150-£200 if they released it here now.

Edited by Smiff2, 26 November 2012 - 01:41 AM.

[tillaz]

Smiff2, on 26 November 2012 - 01:40 AM, said:

sorry i just meant that its not £100 now, because of tax, import costs etc. hopefully it will be, but probably not until i dunno mid next year? they could charge £150-£200 if they released it here now.

probably wont even come to the uk, but if it did we would more than likely get ripped off and pay double (like normal) lol

[Urbanchina]

tillaz, on 26 November 2012 - 01:33 AM, said:

how wont it be £100 ?

Smiff2 is absolutely spot on. Mobiles phones has pretty small profit margin. I can tell you that the G330 is selling approx £95 (sealed) with online re-sellers in china atm. If you include import tax + shipping +re-seller profits margin(let's assume about 10% of the total cost landed). You will be looking around £135 online and perhaps £150 retail.