Huawei Ascend G330 1GHz dual-core £100 SIM-free ICS 4.0.4

[Guest Modifoid]

Just a heads up -

Huawei Ascend G330 will be released towards the end of the year.

1GHz dual-core

£100 SIM-free

ICS

4-inch 800 x 480p

1500mAh battery

4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/huawei-ascend-g330-unveiled-as-4-inch-budget-android-phone

[Guest yaqh]

i've been looking forward to this one.

[Guest CurtisAndroidSF2]

I was about to purchase a G300 during January 2013 but after reading that I'll be holding off and waiting for the G330 and for some development to start brewing.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Guest SparkTheDark]

Seems there isn't a huge amount of difference apart from processor and GPU (and apparently being 10g lighter); will the dual-core make a huge amount of difference?

[Guest Xenon0816]

I'ts already been released in Germany, for €195 though, which is about 160 pounds :( http://www.amazon.de/Huawei-Smartphone-TFT-Display-Touchscreen-Megapixel/dp/B0097LI3NE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1353689442&sr=8-3

For 100 I'd take it, but this price seems a little high...

[Guest dbaseii]

Can anyone confirm that it has a front facing camera?

[Guest CurtisAndroidSF2]

Can anyone confirm that it has a front facing camera?

Doesn't look like it but even if it did, it would be extremely low quality (as in 0.3mp) and I doubt the device would get Skype support so it'd be near enough useless anyway.

[Guest CommeRestus]

Not much of an upgrade..

[Guest CommeRestus]

And yes it has front camera (VGA)

[Guest kyan31]

Seems there isn't a huge amount of difference apart from processor and GPU (and apparently being 10g lighter); will the dual-core make a huge amount of difference?

Dual core makes A LOT of difference. A single core device can score about 2900-3000 in Antutu, but a dual core device scores around 5000, sometimes close to 6000 :D

[Guest kyan31]

Doesn't look like it but even if it did, it would be extremely low quality (as in 0.3mp) and I doubt the device would get Skype support so it'd be near enough useless anyway.

Every phone has Skype support, even the G300 so why wouldn't the G330 get support :huh:

Edited November 23, 2012 by kyan31

[Guest kyan31]

Double post

Edited November 23, 2012 by kyan31

[Guest unaszplodrmann]

After the G300 fiasco, this is definitely one for the brave... Or the foolish.

[Guest SparkTheDark]

Can anyone confirm that it has a front facing camera?

GsmArena show it as having a secondary (http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_g330-4966.php); doesn't state the resolution though.

[Guest grizzlyflea]

After using.the g300 I think the.N4 is where I go.next

[Guest bladebuddy]

Excellent.

Just sold a duel core 1.5gh HTC sensation xe. To be truthful I didn't find it much faster then this , game play slightly better and lots of games available , multitasking good. Only thing I liked about the phone was , playing music was way better then on the g300.

Wouldn't pay £350 quid for a new one when you can grab one of these for £100 though.

[Guest Hans Gruber]

It doesn't sound entirely sim-free to me if you have to sign up for Talk Talk. Maybe just a badly worded article?

[Guest SparkTheDark]

It doesn't sound entirely sim-free to me if you have to sign up for Talk Talk. Maybe just a badly worded article?

I imagine it'll be a similar deal as the G300 on Vodafone ie: free on contract, £100 on PAYG etc.

Edited November 23, 2012 by SparkTheDark

[Guest b4da55]

So so

i aint gonna be selling my g300 for it

Edited November 23, 2012 by b4da55

[Guest Magnets]

Seems decent for the price, new chip, new graphics core, front camera, slightly smaller/lighter. But Huawei...

[Guest CurtisAndroidSF2]

Every phone has Skype support, even the G300 so why wouldn't the G330 get support :huh:

I meant for video calls

[Guest MioCZ]

I have just ordered Newman N1, is better and cheaper then G330.

[Guest Smiff2]

ah really! i was considering a G330 from Germany for £145 ish, decided its too much, would get another G300 for £100 (also slightly too much now imho, its same price as 6 months ago).

for £100 i'd def. buy a G330 now. it comes with ICS so even little ROM support for a while shouldn't be a big deal.

[Guest grizzlyflea]

And what about that new zte tegra phone

[Guest wrtease]

there plenty rom about for this g330 at

http://www.romzj.com/resources/huawei.html?view=roms&cid=210

so have fun and enjoy when you get one .

Edited November 23, 2012 by wrtease