Newman K1B 5" 540x960 Android 4.2.1 Quad-Core MTK6589M 1.2GHz 3G US $110.99 Shipped@FocalPrice

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inexpensive 5" quadcore android phone.

cons: 512mh ram
540x960
5mp camera
MTK6589M
WCDMA2100 3g for optus

pros: 2500mAh battery
US$110.99 (was US$144)
5"
etc -see specs

This 3G smartphone features a 5" multi-point capacitive TFT touch screen, 540x960 screen resolution, MTK6589M quad-core 1.2GHz CPU and Android 4.2.1 operating system. It supports Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS.

specs
MTK6589M quad-core 1.2GHz CPU
Android 4.2.1 operating system
5" multi-point capacitive FTF touch screen
540x960 screen resolution
Supports 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS
Supports an external TF card up to 32GB
High mega pixel dual camera (Front: 0.3 mega pixels, Rear: 5 mega pixels)
Main Features
Brand & Model Newsmy/Newman K1B
Phone Style 3G smartphone
Phone Standard GSM/WCDMA/GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA
SIM Card Configuration Dual SIM card dual standby
SIM Card Type Ordinary SIM card
Network Support GSM850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA2100
CPU MTK6589M quad-core 1.2GHz CPU
Operating System Android 4.2.1
Shell Material Engineering plastic
Messaging SMS, MMS and Group Messages
Languages English, Arabic, Chinese, Finnish, French, Filipino, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Malay, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
Additional Features
Bluetooth V2.0
Wi-Fi 802.11b
TV N/A
Supported Audio Formats MP3/MIDI/AMR/AAC/WAV
Supported Video Formats MP4/3GP/MPEG4/AVI
Supported Picture Formats BMP/JPEG/GIF/PNG
Camera Front: 0.3 mega pixels, Rear: 5 mega pixels
GPS Supported GPS (without map)
Java Supported N/A
FM Radio Supported Yes
Built-in Games N/A
Data Interface Micro USB
Earphone Interface 3.5MM
G-Sensor Yes
Tools Email, Calendar, Calculator, Alarm clock, Voice recorder
Memory
Built-in Memory RAM: 512MB, ROM: 4GB
Card Slot TF card up to 32GB
Card Included No
Screen
Touch Screen Multi-point capacitive TFT touch screen
Size of Display 5"
Resolution 540x960
Battery & Power
Battery 1 x removable 2500 mAH battery
Charger 5v (American plug)
Product Details (without package and accessories)
Dimensions 153.5 x 78.5 x 9.5 mm
Weight 183 g

what is MTK6589M? check link but a lower powered mtk4589 quadcore.

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  branners on 23/11/2013 - 15:06

  +5

  OK, let me be the first to ask…
  When it arrives in the mail, do you open the box and say, "Hello, Newman…" ?

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    Cheeper on 23/11/2013 - 15:34

    Hello Jerry..

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      [Deactivated] on 23/11/2013 - 18:22

      ^"Sphere" reference

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  dealman on 23/11/2013 - 15:37

  +3

  512 my ram kills the deal, otherwise specs are not bad…

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  16k-zx81 on 23/11/2013 - 15:39

  what aspects of performance are affected by low ram? is this evident all the time? (ie, making calls and sending/receiving texts?) or just when you try to run intensive apps?

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    Cheeper on 23/11/2013 - 15:49

    No different to a computer… more ram.. smoother running.

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      16k-zx81 on 23/11/2013 - 15:57

      on a pc ram will determine boot and program load speeds. large programs that require more ram will be more affected by the need to use a swap file than small programs that do not take much physical ram.

      hence the question.

      once the device is booted, does this threshhold affect basic operation of the phone, or is it only evident doing multi-tasking with lots of memory intensive apps?

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        bNiNja on 23/11/2013 - 16:11

        +1

        Half a gig of RAM these days generally mean a slow and frustrating experience but for this price plus depending on who uses it and how it will be used, could be worthwhile

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        scrimshaw on 23/11/2013 - 16:25

        If you don't run too many background apps, and keep your installations minimal then it should be fine.

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        [Deactivated] on 23/11/2013 - 17:35

        +1

        Google has said they are optimising the next version of Andriod to run well with devices using as low as 512MB of RAM so it might not be that noticeable

        Problem is you can't have many services running in the background with such low RAM such as account sync, Facebook, email and many others that some people may consider as basic functions will cause slowdowns

        And as soon as you load up Chrome and start browsing with a few tabs open your RAM and performance will drop dramatically

        So maybe Google can do some magic but I wouldn't count on it

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        scrimshaw on 23/11/2013 - 18:53

        +3

        You have pretty much nil probability on getting an official Kit Kat firmware on a cheap china phone like this.

        Could try XDA but generally comes down to how popular the device is on the modding community.

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        altomic on 23/11/2013 - 22:15

        something like this?

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    dealman on 23/11/2013 - 19:46

    making calls and sending/receiving texts?)

    All of the above , In fact it's just the general sluggishness of the phone and the time it takes for the phone to respond to touch. Everything gets bogged down, I'd get a nexus 4 with 2 GB ram only if it had an external SD card…

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      altomic on 23/11/2013 - 21:52

      for US$110?

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  dreamscene on 23/11/2013 - 16:57

  +3

  God..Please my fellow Ozbargainers, Gumtree a nexus phone or similar 1.5 year old Android phone. May end up being a few dollars more but hell…..even for abused, dropped, bashed Motorola / Samsung / LG / Asus / HTC will be so much better.

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    bargaino on 23/11/2013 - 19:48

    or ZTE/Huawei even.

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  AssociatedPancake Moon @ FocalPrice on 23/11/2013 - 18:55

  纽曼………..

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  daver on 24/11/2013 - 06:18

  I should think with android_unofficial 442 indicated a month or two away, I will prefer wait for a new, MTK-Turbo with 5.5"/ppi ips 267 minimum (this is ppi 220)-china on board with at least ⅔ of the Note 3's wonderful 3 gb, and also Cyanogen-11 would be just fantastic too. OfferAU200.