Guest 90180360 Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Well, at least the CPU will be by 33% faster. Depends if it's as overclockable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KillerMackem Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I really don't know whether or not to buy a Blade or wait for the Skate. I don't want a device that's going to be left behind in terms of software updates (Always like the newest software on my devices) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maringer Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I really don't know whether or not to buy a Blade or wait for the Skate. I don't want a device that's going to be left behind in terms of software updates (Always like the newest software on my devices) If the Skate is anywhere near as good value as the Blade, chances are that it will sell extremely well and I wouldn't be surprised to see at Cyanogenmod ROM produced for it before too long, especially if the chipset is little more than a factory overclocked MSM7227, if rumours are to be believe. If the enthusiasts who build CM take up the Skate, I'd say that you're probably more likely to see new versions of Android on it than on many other, more expensive phones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TouchyAndalou Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 (edited) I really don't know whether or not to buy a Blade or wait for the Skate. I don't want a device that's going to be left behind in terms of software updates (Always like the newest software on my devices) Having just recently purchased a Blade myself, I too faced this dilemma. In the end I figured that 1) the Skate is probably going to be released at a higher list price than the Blade is now and 2) Orange are unlikely to release their branded edition of the phone straight away anyhow (which was the case with the Blade). For these reasons I decided to get a Blade now, wait for the release of the Skate (and for it to drop in price and for modders to start doing their work) and then consider upgrading in about a year or so. The Skate does look good, but the Blade certainly has enough going for it to be my device for now. Edited March 8, 2011 by TouchyAndalou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sebastian404 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Im not sure if this has been posted here before: Latest terminals from ZTE Anyone think that the that Z-Pad Z70 is going to be a v9 in a fancy metal(ish) case? And also, what sort of penguins do they have in China... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronc2000 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Whether one wants to buy skate very much depends on the price. People who want to wait for it thinking there is similar price deal as the blade. But I have a hunch that people will be disappointed. PAYG OSF is the deal of the century and I do not think any other one will come near, even skate comes from the same ZTE stable. It may even not come to Orange. So if I were you, I get OSF NOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cmberry20 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I would still consider a Skate if its around £150. As long as performance & camera was better than the Blade Most people would still by a Blade if it was priced at £150! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oh!dougal Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Im not sure if this has been posted here before: Latest terminals from ZTE Anyone think that the that Z-Pad Z70 is going to be a v9 in a fancy metal(ish) case? Hmmm. The Z70 has 2.1 no hardware front buttons... and built-in PSP emulation ??? And also, what sort of penguins do they have in China... Probably MotherCare penguins! If its waterproof and shockproof, it looks ideal for pre-teens. Perhaps they have taken the 'youthful' idea a little too far! And I think that the mobile data wifi router looks as though it was 'styled' by the Blade's stylist. Or else cobbled together from leftover Blade concept sketches ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Azurren Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 Hmmm. The Z70 has 2.1 no hardware front buttons... and built-in PSP emulation ??? I think they mean PsP = Play station Portable (PS1) :( As I seriously doubt it would be capable of emulating the PsP and that a legit company would focus tiem and money into making something illegal :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronc2000 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I would still consider a Skate if its around £150. As long as performance & camera was better than the Blade Most people would still by a Blade if it was priced at £150! I think it is a bit more than £200, sim free. Even Blade costs very near that, sim free. Network subsidised handsets do not reflect their true values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cmberry20 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 to be fair, the Blade (San Francisco) is pretty much SIM free from Orange. Mine was unlocked within 10 minutes of purchasing it. All i have to put up with is a little onange square on the back!! But, i dont think i would have purchased the Blade if it couldnt be unlocked & a SIM free cost £200. But can yo buy a SIM free one in the UK?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ronc2000 Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 to be fair, the Blade (San Francisco) is pretty much SIM free from Orange. Mine was unlocked within 10 minutes of purchasing it. All i have to put up with is a little onange square on the back!! But, i dont think i would have purchased the Blade if it couldnt be unlocked & a SIM free cost £200. But can yo buy a SIM free one in the UK?? Of course there is no sim free price in UK. But you can look at the prices of Blade and Dell version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest technomonkey Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 I'm interested in the Skate but considering you can get a HTC Desire for a little over £200 now I would hope the Skate would be a fair bit cheaper. I have been impressed with the blade and I would like to remain loyal to ZTE but will wait see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ricer Posted March 10, 2011 Report Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) Ooops wrong thread. Ignore Edited April 18, 2011 by ricer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KillerMackem Posted March 11, 2011 Report Share Posted March 11, 2011 Seeing the CM7 thread and what it looks like makes me really want to buy a Blade but I can't make my mind up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 ZTE Skate has been pushed back to June or July now, new photos of this device are here: http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/39148/zte-...nds-summer-2011 http://recombu.com/news/hands-on-with-the-...e_M13638-1.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest finbaar Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'm interested in the Skate but considering you can get a HTC Desire for a little over £200 now I would hope the Skate would be a fair bit cheaper. I have been impressed with the blade and I would like to remain loyal to ZTE but will wait see... I think I have said this before but at 'our' end of the market it is a bit pointless being loyal - leave that for the fanboys. Just get the best value phone out there and don't worry about who has made it. If Apple produce a budget Android for £150 with these specs I would buy it. Of course they wont but there are other budget manufacturers out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cmberry20 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 cool links hajj Glad to see that they gave the phone a more positive feedback & stated that it was much smoother now. Come-on ZTE, dont get greedy & sell it for £200+ <£150 is the sweet spot!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deksman2 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 cool links hajj Glad to see that they gave the phone a more positive feedback & stated that it was much smoother now. Come-on ZTE, dont get greedy & sell it for £200+ <£150 is the sweet spot!!! £100 is more than enough if you ask me (or up to £120). The hardware specs of the device in question cannot really justify a higher price given the premise it's utilizing what became 'outdated' hardware (although to be honest, that hardware is still powerful enough :-) ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sane? Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 £100 is more than enough if you ask me (or up to £120). The hardware specs of the device in question cannot really justify a higher price given the premise it's utilizing what became 'outdated' hardware (although to be honest, that hardware is still powerful enough :-) ). You could hope that the reason for the delay in release is because they are retooling with a 1Ghz CPU capable of running Flash, and a better GPU in tandem. Frankly, with the announced specs, its not worth more than the ton if sold in the same way as the Blade. However, paying a few quid more for the parts could enable them to be contenders. It should be a no-brainer, swap the processor/GPU out for a newer model and justify £50 extra in price. Personally I'm not holding my breathe and I'm looking around to see who's next to taken on the ZTE budget crown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuttysark76 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 You could hope that the reason for the delay in release is because they are retooling with a 1Ghz CPU capable of running Flash, and a better GPU in tandem. Frankly, with the announced specs, its not worth more than the ton if sold in the same way as the Blade. However, paying a few quid more for the parts could enable them to be contenders. It should be a no-brainer, swap the processor/GPU out for a newer model and justify £50 extra in price. Personally I'm not holding my breathe and I'm looking around to see who's next to taken on the ZTE budget crown. Agree... I'm going to get the Huawei X6 U9000 when it arrives. If it has the same price tag... I think this s the REAL upgrade! ARMv7... 1GHZ... Adreno 205...512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM 480 x 800 pixels, 4.1 inches Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mushroom_Lord Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Agree... I'm going to get the Huawei X6 U9000 when it arrives. If it has the same price tag... I think this s the REAL upgrade! ARMv7... 1GHZ... Adreno 205...512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM 480 x 800 pixels, 4.1 inches Nice Find: Kinda out of the skates pricetag though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeddy1 Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 (edited) Agree... I'm going to get the Huawei X6 U9000 when it arrives. If it has the same price tag... I think this s the REAL upgrade! ARMv7... 1GHZ... Adreno 205...512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM 480 x 800 pixels, 4.1 inches wow and what with that? bec it support flash? its not enough your computer?come on now dont be rude about skate:p.they will not even have same price.u say when it will come so imagine its price! i buyed my pulse one and half year ago 300 euro with even one quarter specs of ideos x6.expect this 350 euros and skate for 180-270.btw skate comes with 2.3 and ideos x6 2.2 :) Edited April 18, 2011 by jeddy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cuttysark76 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 (edited) wow and what with that? bec it support flash? its not enough your computer?come on now dont be rude about skate:p.they will not even have same price.u say when it will come so imagine its price! i buyed my pulse one and half year ago 300 euro with even one quarter specs of ideos x6.expect this 350 euros and skate for 180-270.btw skate comes with 2.3 and ideos x6 2.2 :) You are wrong m8! ZTE Skate is just a Blade with a bigger screen and factory overclocked... ARMv7= Flash=Firefox4 3G+ ------->> 14.4Mb/s 1GHZ Dual Cameras 2 GB ROM The Huawei X6 U9000 is a real World Phone, with 2.3 already available. T-Mobile will get it also... I'm just waiting for it in Europe! You may find it with different brands: Huawei X6 U9000 http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_u9000_ideos_x6-3595.php Viewsonic Viewpad 4 http://www.viewsonic.com/company/news/vs_p...ease_454699.htm <a href="http://www.ADVERT LINK REMOVED.com/phones/ViewSonic-ViewPad-4_id5131" target="_blank">http://www.ADVERT LINK REMOVED.com/phones/ViewSonic-ViewPad-4_id5131</a> Cherry Mobile Magnum HD A400 (philippines) http://www.cherrymobile.com.ph/site/mobiles/magnum.html Spice CSL Mi 410 - Slim (india) WellcoM A99 (thailand) http://www.wellcommobile.com/ OliveSmart VS300 Android tablet (india) 2.3 version http://www.olivetelecom.in/mobile-phone/an...ve-smart-vs300/ http://news.oneindia.in/2011/02/11/tech-ol...ew-aid0102.html CSL Blueberry Mi 410 (malasya) I found it for 300€ without contract in Malasya... http://www.imcc.com.my/store/categories.php?category=CSL SK8? Don't think so... Edited April 19, 2011 by cuttysark76 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeddy1 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 ok i like that and you like this .maybe ideos x6 is good but its ugly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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