Lenovo 5" 3G dual sim unlocked mobile phone for under A$75. Great for travel overseas with its dual sim capability. Never have to pay expensive roaming mobile calls while overseas. It's a name brand phone with inexpensive price tag with similar capabilities as expensive phones.
Read 512 MB RAM and I could not read further. Even at $75 it is not worth.
Agreed - 512MB of RAM makes it pretty much un - usable.
yep, my huawei y550 is the king of cheap phones.
Pretty much unbeatable at its price range (battery life too)
except its not dual sim which is the only problem I have with it. y500 are great
No bargains on huawei y550`s anymore…
If I was in the market for a new budget smartphone (say, sub $100) I'd just grab one of these for roughly $20 more. (US$69.99) http://www.gearbest.com/cell-phones/pp_176729.html
And the specs of this phone for anyone too lazy to click and compare:
• OS: Android 4.4
• CPU: MTK6592 Octa Core 1.4GHz
• GPU：ARM Mali-450MP4
• RAM+ROM: 1GB+8GB
• Screen: 5.0 inch large capacitive screen, 854x480 pixels
• SIM Card: Dual SIM card dual standby, Standard SIM+ Micro SIM
• Camera: Back 5.0MPwith Auto Focus and flashlight, Front 2.0MP
• Support Gravity/Wifi/3G/GPS/Bluetooth/FM/MP3/MP4
Networks:
2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G: WCDMA 900/2100MHz
MTK6582M
Older mediatek chipsets have really bad GPS performance, don't buy this if GPS lock on and accuracy is a feature you're after.
Is the lack of 3G 850MHz an impediment in a phone these days? I need access to the Telstra and the Optus network. Now I know that 2100MHz 3G is both Telstra and Optus but do you lose anything by not having 850MHz? Rural reception? Anything?
Telstra use 850MHz everywhere and it is the key to outer-suburban and rural 3G reception.
The lower the frequency, the further the signal travels, bounces, and penetrates buildings.
Vodafone rolled out 850MHz 3G (bandwidth now 'shared' for 4G use) fairly widely as their cheapest blackhole-filling option in the wake of 'Vodafail'.
Vodafone, like Optus, also use the 900MHz frequency band for 3G.
Optus don't use 850MHz at all.
On 4G - and ultimately, generally, 700MHz Band 28 will be the key to wider mobile-data access in regional and rural. Telstra and Optus are, apace, rolling out huge areas of coverage. Check maps on their websites if you're keen.
Vodafone didn't bid for any 700MHz spectrum for LTE/4G and are relying on the split-use of their 850MHz bandwidth for distance coverage.
Shaybisc, as far as 'Rural reception?' and 'Anything?', and other bits as relates, that pretty much covers it.
yes, I don't mind the ram size as I am not smart with any smart phone, but lack of 3G 850MHz stops me looking at this phone further.
Never buying another Lenovo phone. I got the K900 which was a flagship at the time with 4.2, and they promised an update to Kitkat but it never got a single update in its lifetime. I waited. Checked every month for an update for over a year and no update was ever released.
The software was otherwise alright.
Specs
Screen Size: 5.0"
OS: Android 4.4
Style: Touch Screen Phone
Brand: LENOVO
Processor Cores: Quad-core
CPU Models: MTK6582M
CPU Frequency: 1.3GHz
GPU: OpenGL ES 2.0, Mali-400 MP2
Shell Material: Plastic
Color: Black
ROM: 4GB
RAM: 512MB
3G: WCDMA 900MHz, WCDMA 2100MHz
2G: GSM 900MHz, GSM 1800MHz
Screen Type: IPS, Touch screen, Capacitive
Screen Resolution: 854 x 480 pixels
Screen Material: TFT
Multi-touch: Multi-touch
Battery: 2000mAh, Lithium Polymer, 3.7V, One Battery
Unlocked: Yes (without contract)
Standby: 2 SIM 2 Standby
SIM Card: Standard SIM Card
Data Transfer: GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA+
Storage: TF card not included, 32GB Extendable
Back Camera Megapixel: Back 2.0 MP
GPS: AGPS
Sensor: Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor
WIFI: WiFi hotspot, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0
Ports: Micro USB, 3.5mm Audio Jack, TF Card slot
Language: English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Greek, Portuguese, Afrikaans, Malay, Indonesian, Catalonian, Czech, Danish, Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Norwegian, Romanian, Romansh, Slovak, Slovenian, Finnish, Swedish, Swahili, Vietnamese, Turkish, Zulu, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Eesti, Filipino, Azerbaijan
Installed Apps: Audio Player, Google Play Store, Email, Clock, Calendar, Calculator, Notebook, World Clock, Stopwatch, Browser, Weather, etc.
Other Feature: Message, VPN, FM Radio, Sound Recorder
Video Resolution: 720P, 1080P
Video Format: AVI, MP4, 3GP, MOV, MKV
Audio Format: WAV, MP3, AMR, MID, OGG, WMA
Picture Format: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG
E-book Format: TXT, CHM, UMD, PDF, Relevant app need to be download, etc
Package Content: 1 x Mobile Phone, 1 x USB Cable, 1 x Battery, 1 x Charger NOTE: Right plug of adapter would be sent according to your shipping country, 1 x User Manual, 1 x Warranty Card
Size 140.7 × 72.6 × 9.9mm
Net Weight 147g (with a battery)