The Low End Device Thread
 

This thread can about any low end or mid range device from from companies that are not well known. It seems as if Chinese devices are rising to prominence. Meizu in particular seems to be doing a fine job.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/17/m...-with-hdmi-ou/
for something from a Chinese brand it sounds pretty good hdmi, dual core, 4 inch display, and hspa+

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Also Meizu is expanding into the United States
http://www.meizume.com/meizu-m9-news...ia-office.html

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Another RK2918 device it seems pretty nice for price
http://mp4nation.net/catalog/index.p...882fe423adfb72

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Great idea for a thread! There are tons of very low end devices that will be hitting the market soon, and this would be a great place to discuss them.

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On what basis did you classify "hdmi, dual core, 4 inch display, and hspa+" device as low end????

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Price... maybe?

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Well it is the device is around 550 dollars and something similar would 600-800 dollars so that is a bargain in my opinion.

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It seems like low end Chinese devices will be getting some pretty advanced features including hardware encode/decode for video chat with the RK2918
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4rA_LbdpJQ
and future support for Honeycomb, when the source is released of course, but gingerbread is still very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruW5q5EQpyA
edit: also it will make 200-300 dollar smartphones usable http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVDV0VaQsEQ

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Capt'n Corrupt I heard you wanted a Galaxy Tab 7 with Galaxy Tab 8.9 specs, well I might have found something that is pretty close and it only 140 USD. As for Honeycomb the chipmaker needs to release it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvr7D9ptshM

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Glad you started this thread. Thanks! I'll keep an eye out. A tablet doesn't seem like something that should have to cost much. (Archos 43 still seems, for my purposes, like the best N800 replacement. But I'm in no hurry. I expect a proliferation of little tablets.)

I'm more interested in non-video links about new products, should you come across them. (I just don't have the patience to sit through some marketer or nerd scrolling this way and that while speaking half-intelligibly; once I know things I care about, like weight and hardware features, if I'm still interested, I'm willing to sit through a YouTube presentation.)

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Good to see this thread. My personal hope for salvation from the high-price hell the major manufacturers are determined to send us to is that one or a group of unknowns, maybe from China, will lead the way to sane low prices.

Low prices have a few advantages: You can afford to try out several devices, and you can afford to guess wrong.

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Hey the fake Nokia n9 launched before the real thing.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/13/k...ture-meego-to/
Fail on Nokia's part :P

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Also the SmartQ devices still make a good solution and now have a g-sensor and Android 2.1. Also the processor speed was increased to 720mhz and is over-clockable to 800mhz. Also what really sells this device is the ability to run Ubuntu and multi-boot with operating systems, quite rare to find on a non-hacked mobile device.
http://www.allpmp.com/goods-111-SmartQ+V5+MID.html
http://www.netbooknews.com/16687/sma...tailed-review/

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The Viewsonic Tebra 2 Gtablet is very reasonably priced at 300$
http://www.amazon.com/ViewSonic-gTab.../dp/B004EPV7TK
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/tabl...-g-tablet.aspx
and is very hackable
http://androidcommunity.com/viewsoni...lock-20110414/

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Also a excellent Android honeycomb tablet from China.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOQaGqUj0co
A little pricey but still not a bad device.
Its called the venus pad.

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"The Low-End Thread" ...love it!

As for a low-end but great phone, look for the CLIQ/DEXT.
'Twas my first Android device and it was craptaculor. Motoblur, Cupcake, 480p video, blurry 5MP shots, no led flash, no front facing camera. Then the Froyo-Roms got out (there was never too much community interest in these phones) and I accidentally soft-bricked it. Which is why I bought an N900 off ebay (more reliable).

I found myself using the N900 for everything, and the DEXT just for Android apps. And before I could give it to my lil bro, it drowned :(

I now have the N900 as a hobby-device, and the SGS i9000 as my main powerhouse. But I'm looking to buy another DEXT, I narrowly missed one on ebay auction for $85.

Why?
It's got a really really good qwerty, the slide mechanism is perfect, the materials used, and in-general it feels great. And now theres plenty of roms for it (CM7 anyone?), overclocking to 750MHz, and is fast responding. It plays pretty much all Android Apps (exc. HD versions) and plays all emulators fullspeed (except dosbox,psx,n64,nds,dreamcast).

I'm looking to snatch one for my lil bro, its better than the $10 Nokia he has and probably more entertaining than his gameless-DSi.

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There are so many way the manufacturer cheats, some missing g sensor, some missing gps. The more people study it, the more we can pick our best toy. Anybody try these yet"

$95 + S/H, 2.2, 256 MB, 7", http://mp4nation.net/catalog/index.p...roducts_id=485

$110 + S/H, 2.2, 256 MB, 5", http://mp4nation.net/catalog/index.p...roducts_id=522

$210 + S/H, 2.3, 7", 512 MB + built-in microphone, http://mp4nation.net/catalog/index.p...roducts_id=486

I bought from this vendor in the past. They are alright.

I prefer the 5" format, I think it is the most familiar format from the N8x0 gangs.

5 in tablet from China.

Another one, $130, http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=M70007T&cpc=SCH, gps? claimed to come with 3G for CDMA.

bun

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Well the (ARM) tablet's I would consider are:

Budget
$180 - The Superpad2
$200 - Nook Colour
$210 - Herotab C8
$300 - Original Galaxy Tab

Mid-Class
$320 - Advent Vega/Viewsonic G-tablet (my favourite)
$450 - LG G-Slate
$500 - ASUS Transformer 16GB Wifi
$500 - Apple iPad (needs no introduction)

High-End
$550 - RIM PlayBook
$600 - iPad 2 (double the capability of the original)
$600 - New Galaxy Tab (8.9" / 10.1")

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If you want an original, reasonably priced Android phone you might do worse than the iNQ Cloud Touch, particularly if you're a heavy user of Facebook and/or Spotify.

(Disclaimer: My brother was on the design team, so I more or less have to say this, hence the links to other people's reviews of the device)

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I have always been a fan UMPC's well I found some reasonably priced ones that have 5inch displays. Yah these things aren't Viliv quality but they are good devices none the less.
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-gs...olesalers.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-fm...olesalers.html