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#74920 10-Jan-2011 19:06

Hi There!

I am looking for something in the Diamond Touch/2/ Galaxy 580 phone form factor, but with more processing power. Can anyone recommend anything?

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#425900 10-Jan-2011 20:37

HUAWEI X5

http://www.gsmarena.com/froyodriven_huawei_ideos_x5_and_ideos_x6_unleashed-news-2024.php

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/huawei-ideos-x5-announced-for-singapore-hong-kong-new-zealand/

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_u8800_ideos_x5-3596.php

3.8" display / 800Mhz CPU ?$500ish when it arrives

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#425918 10-Jan-2011 21:41

A nice big long thread on it is here:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=97&topicid=74072

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#425933 10-Jan-2011 22:30

networkn: Hi There!

I am looking for something in the Diamond Touch/2/ Galaxy 580 phone form factor, but with more processing power. Can anyone recommend anything?

small, light, powerful processor, powerful gaphic, tough, hardcore, unscratchable, waterproof, cheap - Motorola Defy

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#425935 10-Jan-2011 22:31

Actually they say it will be $3-400ish which is bloody cheap based on the specifications. It also runs vanilla froyo.

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#425949 10-Jan-2011 23:04

nakedmolerat:
networkn: Hi There!

I am looking for something in the Diamond Touch/2/ Galaxy 580 phone form factor, but with more processing power. Can anyone recommend anything?

small, light, powerful processor, powerful gaphic, tough, hardcore, unscratchable, waterproof, cheap - Motorola Defy?

I wouldn't touch the Defy with a bargepole The specs look great and the style is good . . . . . but the design fault with the earpieces/headphone plug is leading to a hell of a lot of complaints and premature failures.

Do a google search on it and you'll see what I mean.

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#425954 10-Jan-2011 23:14

We don't use the earphone peices.

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#425960 10-Jan-2011 23:37

Have you looked at the LG optimus one P500?

It's got a 600mhz processor which isn't super fast but it seems to perform well at $399 at DSE it's a good deal.

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#425962 10-Jan-2011 23:39

InspectorGadget: I wouldn't touch the Defy with a bargepole The specs look great and the style is good . . . . . but the design fault with the earpieces/headphone plug is leading to a hell of a lot of complaints and premature failures.

Do a google search on it and you'll see what I mean.

i have used my defy extensively for the last 2-3 months. no issue so far. i use supplied headphones when listening to music and radio. one of my friends bought defy after playing with it. She has 32GB micro sd with thousands of songs in it. she is so far quite happy with the purchase. please be aware that no electronic products is 100% perfect (look at iphone antennagate, nexus one failure, screen discoloration etc).

if you are planning to buy motorola phones, clove.co.uk is a good choice because they are motorola authorized partner/reseller. they also known to have excellent after sales service.

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#426011 11-Jan-2011 09:37

Is the Defy available locally?

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#426021 11-Jan-2011 09:58

trademe has them for $750

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#426023 11-Jan-2011 10:02

http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=760260
http://www.mobicity.co.nz/motorola-defy.html

But at that price would a Desire be better?

http://www.mobicity.co.nz/htc-desire.html
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=563575

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#426025 11-Jan-2011 10:05

SMALL and powerful, the desire isn't small!

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#426026 11-Jan-2011 10:06

Also the Samsung Wave II S8500 may be cheaper at <$600
http://pricespy.co.nz/product.php?p=562191
http://www.mobicity.co.nz/samsung-s8500-wave.html

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#426027 11-Jan-2011 10:12

Desire & Defy are close to the same size, S8500 is smaller, cheaper and has S-Amyloid display

Desire 119 x 60 x 11.9 mm 84,900 mm3
Defy 107 x 59 x 13.4 mm = 84,600 mm3
S8500 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm = 72,000 mm3

SonyEriccson x10 mini is small, but not sure what version of android it's upgradable too and it's only 600Mhz

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#426028 11-Jan-2011 10:14

S8500 is Bada OS.

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