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Will T-Mobile's Coolpad Defiant defy your expectations for a budget phone? No.

By Luis D.

Updated: Apr 25, 2017, 8:00 AM

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Will T-Mobile's Coolpad Defiant defy your expectations for a budget phone? No.

Giving the people what they want – affordable stuff that generally works – T-Mobile is gearing up to launch a budget handset for the smallest of budgets. The Coolpad Defiant will not defy your expectations for an entry-level handset, but can be just the backup phone you're looking for in times of peril. However, T-Mo will have to price it really low if it wants to present it as a compelling offer.

That's because the Defiant works on hardware we have long moved on from. Its 5-inch display has the grainy resolution of 480 x 854; the processor is a modest Snapdragon chipset with 1GB RAM, and the storage space is a puny 8GB. There's a 5MP camera on the rear and a 2MP cam up front. The phone runs Android Nougat, which Google should consider congratulatory – Android is finally lean enough to work proper on low-end hardware.

In an era where a phone like the Alcatel A30 can be had for $99, the Defiant appears wholly obsolete. But if T-Mobile wants to sell it, there's probably a market for it. At least the Defiant has a cooler name than 99% of electronic devices out there. T-Mobile boss and rockstar CEO John Legere must be giddy about it.

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source: Android Authority via Android Headlines

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Luis D. has a multitude of news, features and review articles written for PhoneArena. He adeptly demystifies complex technology topics, such as the development of advanced materials for bendable device displays and the evolution of chipset manufacturing.