ZTE Libra available September 9th

[Guest Simon O]

Retailer Clove.co.uk has announced that the ZTE Libra will be available on September 9th priced at £166.80

Source: http://www.unwiredview.com/2011/09/01/zte-skate-libra-and-tureis-get-priced-in-the-uk-will-be-out-this-month/

[Guest Maxsas360]

Price is massive for such specs

[Guest Phoenix Silver]

I think for this price you'll be better with a skate

(199 euros in france ~= 175 £ :) )

[Guest Stooby]

At that price, Orange should still sell plenty of SF's (especially when they are so easy to unlock) :lol:

[Guest Pondlife]

Anyone even heard of Clove.co.uk?

[Guest Stooby]

Anyone even heard of Clove.co.uk?

Yes, they've been around quite a while.

[Guest Ralph Martin]

Anyone even heard of Clove.co.uk?

I bought a Psion 3 from them years ago, if you are old enough to remember Psion...

[Guest Chris Banks]

Will be interesting if we get a ROM dump and see how it compares to the leaked version.

[Guest ablackswan]

I think for this price you'll be better with a skate

(199 euros in france ~= 175 £ :) )

In france the blade costs 129€

[Guest birdibird]

In france the blade costs 129€

In Holland Blade costs €119

[Guest unrandomsam]

Retailer Clove.co.uk has announced that the ZTE Libra will be available on September 9th priced at £166.80

Source: http://www.unwiredvi...out-this-month/

If we are lucky it will still use ar6000 (I think its more likely its broadcom though) - the latest 2.6.32 sources support broadcom (And there is a pre prepared config for brcm_blade)

[Guest wbaw]

Has anybody bought one?

[Guest wbaw]

Amazon have put their release date back to the 26th of September :(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/ZTE-Libra-Free-Android-Smartphone/dp/B005CUJ60S/

[Guest Sami Beck]

Has anybody bought one?

You'd have to be mad to buy one at that price :P

[Guest wbaw]

You'd have to be mad to buy one at that price :P

You would ... but somebody needs to buy one & dump the gingerbread rom from it.

[Guest muller37]

Is this the same?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/WayteQ-Libra-Android-Free-smartphone/dp/B005EL833Q/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

[Guest wbaw]

Is this the same?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/WayteQ-Libra-Android-Free-smartphone/dp/B005EL833Q/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

that one comes with android 2.2, froyo. so it's not the one that we want.

[Guest wbaw]

http://www.clove.co.uk/zte-libra

They're saying first stock available tomorrow for a Gingerbread Libra.

[Guest ufoman]

that one comes with android 2.2, froyo. so it's not the one that we want.

Find ZTE Libra on Amazon and the description will also say 2.2. They're most likely wrong.

[Guest wbaw]

Find ZTE Libra on Amazon and the description will also say 2.2. They're most likely wrong.

That was a different one (also on amazon) hungarian company selling it. It's available now & has been for a while. It is 2.2, they have screen shots & everything.

[Guest ufoman]

That was a different one (also on amazon) hungarian company selling it. It's available now & has been for a while. It is 2.2, they have screen shots & everything.

Huh... I just hope ZTE knows what to release ;d

[Guest wbaw]

Huh... I just hope ZTE knows what to release ;d

I know, their product names are confusing to say the least.

From what I can work out the UK version of the ZTE Libra will be exactly the same internally as the Orange Sanfrancisco, but it will be sold sim free, network unlocked, zte branded, with a similar case to the Sapo a5 in portugal (slightly different case design to the sanfrancisco) & with Gingerbread. I might have got that wrong & I'm not sure that ZTE even know.

Amazon has 2 versions listed, they list them both as Android 2.2, but maybe they're wrong, every other UK retailer lists it as 2.3. One of them is already on sale, £10 cheaper & looks like a grey import, that does seem to have Android 2.2, they have a lot of screen shots that appear to prove it.

To make it even more confusing, they're selling ZTE Libras with Android 2.2, identical to the Blade, in some Asian countries & have been for a few months.

Look at this thread to get confused even more:

Edited September 22, 2011 by wbaw

[Guest dirlan2001]

I know, their product names are confusing to say the least.

From what I can work out the UK version of the ZTE Libra will be exactly the same internally as the Orange Sanfrancisco, but it will be sold sim free, network unlocked, zte branded, with a similar case to the Sapo a5 in portugal (slightly different case design to the sanfrancisco) & with Gingerbread. I might have got that wrong & I'm not sure that ZTE even know.

Amazon has 2 versions listed, they list them both as Android 2.2, but maybe they're wrong, every other UK retailer lists it as 2.3. One of them is already on sale, £10 cheaper & looks like a grey import, that does seem to have Android 2.2, they have a lot of screen shots that appear to prove it.

To make it even more confusing, they're selling ZTE Libras with Android 2.2, identical to the Blade, in some Asian countries & have been for a few months.

Look at this thread to get confused even more: http://android.modac...e-and-blade-ii/

Libra should be clocked at 800 mHz and have a better screen, from what i gather here in belgium

:D

Dirk

[Guest KonstaT]

Just came across this. Unboxing video of ZTE Libra from clove.co.uk. It says on the video (around 3min) that Libra has Android 2.2.2 not gingerbread! What a great disappointment, I was waiting for a ROM dump from that device...

edit. Also specs in http://www.clove.co.uk/zte-libra say 2.2.2 now.

Edited September 29, 2011 by KonstaT

[Guest onericardo]

In Portugal we have this phone, named Sapo A5, since January +-.

http://www.tmn.pt/portal/site/loja/menuitem.1ed531b0dc8102f2d0a8be30851056a0/?vgnextoid=e87e5d0ddabcc210VgnVCM1000005401650aRCRD&vgnextchannel=4b5b16f6f5dcc010VgnVCM1000005401650aRCRD#

http://abertoatedemadrugada.com/2011/01/analise-ao-tmn-sapo-a5.html

This Libra is just the release of this phone to the rest of the world.

In my opinion, nothing new.