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Cheapest quad-core 5-inch 1080p Android leaks out: arriving by end of April

posted by Victor H. / Mar 28, 2013, 4:24 AM

Cheapest quad-core 5-inch 1080p Android leaks out: arriving by end of April

The Neo N003 is expected to become not just the most affordable quad-core Android with a 1080p display - it is downright cheap at expected off contract price of $145. Good news about it is it might arrive earlier than other Chinese rivals - by the end of April. At least, if the company manages to deal with supply issues.

Images of the Neo N003 leaked out and while the design does not look very inspiring, the specs are. The N003 is a rectangular plastic slab that hides a lot of power under the hood. Like most other affordable Chinese smartphones with a 1080p screen, the device runs on the MediaTek MT6589 quad-core chip and comes with a whopping 2GB of RAM. The back of the handset houses a 13-megapixel camera.

source: GizChina

Cheapest quad-core 5-inch 1080p Android leaks out: arriving by end of April

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1. eisenbricher

Posts: 973; Member since: Aug 09, 2012

At a price that low? How do they do it !?

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 4:36 AM 12

13. ash29

Posts: 58; Member since: Oct 28, 2011

That price is more than the manufacturing cost of an iPhone.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 6:01 AM 8

14. EXkurogane

Posts: 863; Member since: Mar 07, 2013

Well' it's not impossible - they overwork their factory workers, included hiring underaged ones and underpay all of them, sell them at lower profit margins and aim for selling higher quantity due to the attractive pricing. They dont do massive marketing as well. Oh, do include possibility of the factor that they dont pay for royalties and license them, because they are not as big as Samsung - almost unknown outside China, so there is a low possibility for them to get sued. And it will probably not last over 2 years.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 6:37 AM 2

2. digitalw

Posts: 79; Member since: Dec 20, 2011

Siply: costs of the factory are keept very low, the advertising is done through "ford from a mouth" beacuse of the low price. And the company will earn 5 to 10 usd. If you put 500.000 phones x 5 usd = 2.5 milion USD. For a chinees company it's a big profit. Basicly you have 2 extremes: 1. Samsung, cheap phones sold at high price but with ultra high level of marketing 2. Neo - cheap phones sold at low price but with almost none level of marketing

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 4:56 AM 16

3. naveenstuns

Posts: 184; Member since: Feb 19, 2012

I hope no one compares this to galaxy s4 and iphone :P

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:01 AM 6

9. rusticguy

Posts: 2828; Member since: Aug 11, 2012

Why not? I can buy 5 of these in one of S4 ... only problem with these is after sales service ...

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:34 AM 3

4. PacoBell

Posts: 7; Member since: Mar 21, 2012

Still with the ugly capacitive hardware keys. Ugh.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:11 AM 0

5. funnyguy

Posts: 244; Member since: Jan 10, 2013

Why all these android phone manufactures don't stick some Nike or Mac Donald's or Coca Cola stickers on their phones and give them entirely for free? You know just like the android apps have adds,you can put some adds on the back of the phones as well. Stick some advertising stickers on android phones,give them for free so everybody can enjoy free hardware and software and have the absolute adds experience in and out... Maybe then Android will finally truly dominate the market...

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:26 AM 0

10. Suo.Eno

Posts: 556; Member since: Feb 17, 2013

riiiight... >.>::: I'm probably not getting the /s part of all this.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:36 AM 0

6. N-fanboy

Posts: 543; Member since: Jan 12, 2013

I'd like a drop test of this lol

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:29 AM 6

7. xperiaDROID

Posts: 5629; Member since: Mar 08, 2013

Geez.....$145? How can they earn money? Decent looking and specs by the way.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:29 AM 3

8. 110410

Posts: 23; Member since: Feb 26, 2013

A lot of these chinese phone is affordable because it will find a way to break before the year is over

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:33 AM 5

12. ash29

Posts: 58; Member since: Oct 28, 2011

U can always buy a new one if it breaks cos its damn cheap.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 6:00 AM 3

15. EXkurogane

Posts: 863; Member since: Mar 07, 2013

If a real quality phone by any well-known manufacturer, be it Samsung, HTC, Nokia, Apple, anyone, and whatever OS it runs, if they can make a decent midranger (It doesnt have to be a high end or flagship) with similar specs for under $200 i wouldnt mind getting a new phone every year, but that's not going to happen. The Lumia 520 is only one of the very few phones i know with decent specs and cost under $200, if i exclude almost-unknown chinese manufacturers. But as far as i know Mediatek quad core processors are a lot cheaper, but they are underpowered compared to Tegra, or snapdragons, or Exynos. Nowadays I only get a new phone every 2 years, and only flagships. The amount of upgrades of a successor model within a year is not convincing enough for me to upgrade usually, that's why i wait 2 years. As a student i wouldnt want to spend that much either.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 7:00 AM 0

11. DKMDROID

Posts: 103; Member since: Aug 09, 2011

itll break very..... very easily but the price is truly tempting considering whats coming up this year

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 5:46 AM 0

16. jack395

Posts: 23; Member since: Jul 18, 2010

I don't know why there's so much hate against China phones. I own 3 of this kind and they're working just fine. The oldest of the 3 is already 3 years old. Mind you I own a GT, SGS, e72, asha, Cherry mobile's Titan and Flare.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 8:24 AM 0

17. EXkurogane

Posts: 863; Member since: Mar 07, 2013

China phones, cheap as usual, and not gonna last long...

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 8:41 AM 2

18. xperiaDROID

Posts: 5629; Member since: Mar 08, 2013

Your comment is unacceptable. Just look at Huawei, they make high quality phones right now. Have you tried a china phone before?

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 9:44 AM 2

21. taikucing unregistered

Yeah, overheating, GPS not working, dead pixels, easily cracked, battery drains fast. I give up buying Chinese phones lol. I think I'll take well known brand with a higher price & lower spec. I don't want to sacrifice the durability & quality. I'll take back my words that some chinese cheap phones are better than samsung galaxy grand. Still loving my motorola for its fast locking gps.

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 7:31 PM 0

19. jaytai0106

Posts: 1888; Member since: Mar 30, 2011

So cheap to the point I just want to get one to play with :D

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 11:13 AM 0

20. lauremar

Posts: 181; Member since: Feb 29, 2012

Great price! But the FBI needs to look at the damn thing to make sure there is no spying chips or softwares installed on it before you can buy it...

posted on Mar 28, 2013, 1:44 PM 0

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