Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 £150. Dual SIM. 1GHz Processor with 1GB RAM and 4GB storage + microSD. Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. 4.3" qHD display. The Acer Liquid Gallant Duo promises much, but is it the new budget champion? Our unit has arrived and we're going to be putting it through it's paces! In the meantime, if you have any questions about it, we're here to answer them. Fire away! :) Click here to view the item
Guest Simon O Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 What processor is in the phone? Are both SIM slots full size? Is it completely stock Android? Any idea if a JB update is planned? Finally.. where can we buy it?
Guest alfabet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 The big question is... "is it £50 better than the Huawei Ascend G300?" Looking at the comparison for your £50 you get... - Larger, higher density screen - 1Gb RAM instead of 512Mb - ICS - Bluetooth 3.0 instead of 2.1 I would love a fuller review/comparison between the two phones. A lot of people will be trying to decide between them.
Guest CIM1 Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 How does the dual SIM function work in practise vs voice/text/data in/out? @fibblescan - expansys are selling them
Guest Simon O Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Honestly if you are thinking of buying the Huawei G300 then spend the extra on this phone. The jump in specs is worth the money and the extra ram will make a difference. I don't have one but personally I would buy this over the Huawei. Even buy this over the ZTE Grand X. edit: ok maybe not the Grand X as this Acer is only single core.
Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 What processor is in the phone? Are both SIM slots full size? Is it completely stock Android? Any idea if a JB update is planned? Finally.. where can we buy it? MTK6575 processor, 1GHz single core. Not the fastest but it is only £150! Stock Android with a few tweaks like notification toggles... The big question is... "is it £50 better than the Huawei Ascend G300?" Looking at the comparison for your £50 you get... - Larger, higher density screen - 1Gb RAM instead of 512Mb - ICS - Bluetooth 3.0 instead of 2.1 I would love a fuller review/comparison between the two phones. A lot of people will be trying to decide between them. And dual SIM,t he main seller! How does the dual SIM function work in practise vs voice/text/data in/out? @fibblescan - expansys are selling them You can choose which SIM is used for voice / messages / data, either on the fly or with a preset. You can also assign calls to particular contacts to go over a specific SIM! P
Guest pjcarrmole Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 I have the G300 and this... this is in a different league... I'm tempted to swap to this from my SGS2 that runs JB, it's that good (apart from the camera!).
Guest Simon O Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Apart from the dual-sim the biggest plus point is the extra ram. You WILL notice the difference with ICS and more so if JB comes out for the Acer.
Guest ayziaa Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 if you put only one sim card, do you get only one icon with signal in notification or does the phone display an icon in notification with no signal for the missing sim too? (no very clear I realize)
Guest pjcarrmole Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 And I LOVE having a phone that I can set a time to power itself on. I haven't had that since my old nokia N900 or N8.
Guest alfabet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 How does the UI responsiveness feel? Is it zippy?
Guest ayziaa Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Honestly if you are thinking of buying the Huawei G300 then spend the extra on this phone. The jump in specs is worth the money and the extra ram will make a difference. I don't have one but personally I would buy this over the Huawei. Even buy this over the ZTE Grand X. edit: ok maybe not the Grand X as this Acer is only single core. But from what I read on the web the camera isn't good on the acer, on the huawei it seems to be much better! Looking forward to see what paul can tell us in is review about that.
Guest alfabet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 And dual SIM,t he main seller! I'm on a GiffGaff goody-bag so it's not a big deal for me, unless I missed something?
Guest pjcarrmole Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Oh my 64Gb memory card woks just fine in it. But then again why wouldn't it.
Guest Mark Dearlove Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Would be useful to share work and private SIMs - surprised there are not more twin sim phones out and about. I hate carrying 2 phones around all the time.
Guest bbevan Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 I'm on a GiffGaff goody-bag so it's not a big deal for me, unless I missed something? Dual SIM is the holy grail for those with company phones who don't want to carry two phones. Also if you live in a week signal area you can switch between networks easily.
Guest djgabi Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 How likely is a custom rom? CM9/AOSP? :D Or at least that annoying bounce-back animation can be disabled and only glow instead? Jelly Bean update? How is the crazy-placed power button?
Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 I feel like you'd get used to the power button placement pretty quickly. P
Guest Taysider Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 How likely is a custom rom? CM9/AOSP? Or at least that annoying bounce-back animation can be disabled and only glow instead? Jelly Bean update? How is the crazy-placed power button? I wouldn't worry about custom rom's they will come. Wouldn't be surprised if some XDA dev's are already working on it, like the guys over at the Acer liquid S100
Guest darnit Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Is it a worthy upgrade from the orange san fransisco/zte blade? As I am looking for something with a better screen and better/smoother responsiveness as the blade is starting to feel a little slow. Was ideally looking for a dual core but does this have acceptable performance?
Guest Taysider Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 Expansys has both Black and white up for sale @ £150.99 http://www.expansys.com/acer-liquid-gallant-duo-white-234430/?siteID=2DHapw.g2kI-O914RtRGt2j6BQ_MxodaJg&ito=LKS2DHapw*g2kI
Guest pjcarrmole Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 What's your GPS signal like Paul? I just tried navigation on mine and had to give up as I couldn't get locked on to one.
Guest djgabi Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 @darnit exactly my situation, coming from Blade this MTK6575 is also nice (beats G300 easily) SoC, but i'd like to stick to dual-core (6577) i think it's more future-proof (i'm buying phone for at least 1 year) and it's just a few more bucks expensive on chinese sites (even cheaper than this Acer) @Taysider okay, but the S100 had a more common/spread/open chipset, i guess
Guest PaulOBrien Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 What's your GPS signal like Paul? I just tried navigation on mine and had to give up as I couldn't get locked on to one. Did you enable the A-GPS option in settings? I have... I've just grabbed 'GPS Test' from the Play Store and stood in the garden for a couple of minutes, watched it find the satellites then got a fix. Obviously it'll be quicker from now forward... P
Guest alfabet Posted September 13, 2012 Report Posted September 13, 2012 According to it has a burst mode on the camera which can generate "bullet time"-esque animations. Does it actually work?
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