If this phone is really sub $300, it would be a great deal. I’ve unboxed it here. What do you think?
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This device is awesome
Android? closes tab
What did Android do to you?
what do you have against android?
The Device is actually 39k, i just bought one and its quite a lovely device
It’s such a terrible OS but because it’s customizable and easily accessible, a lot of people are convinced it’s good.
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Oh… Let’s not start this…
No way
You can start it if you want. Won’t change the fact that “openness” has birthed such a shit OS.
Alright, I won’t start.
Don’t you think it’ll sound nice if you stop stating your opinion as “Fact”?
So @Nosaaaa, what OS do you use?
I’m inclined to agree with @Nosaaaa. Android is cat piss. Asides from customizability (which, if we’re being honest, we can live without), it does nothing better than iOS.
But back to the Gionee. Looks like a pretty good device, considering its price range, and platform. Not bad at all.
Better than those Infinix/Innjoo things, at least.
It does nothing better than happening to be available on devices that only the middle class bourgeoise can afford. I’m totally getting you. Also says a lot about if the world really needs iOS.
Disclosure: I use iOS.
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this has always been my thing with android. the ease of customization and the limited barriers to access have overshadowed the fact that it’s not a particularly user friendly OS.
I keep coming back to this example.
There are more Toyotas in the world than Mercedes. Toyotas are cheaper and easier to maintain. Toyota spare parts are ubiquitous. This doesn’t make the Camry a better car than the E350, or the RAV4 better than the GLK250.
If Mercedes suddenly democratized, would Toyota still have the greater market share?
Back to Android/iOS.
The price comparison to me, isn’t logical, because if we compare iPhones to Android based phones “in the same weight class”, the Android variations will be as expensive, or even more expensive with much less resale value.
Case in point: GALAXY S6 Edge vs. iPhone 6. The edge was more expensive at the time of release, but is cheaper, now (even though the 6S has been released).
In the same vein, bloat ware, poor memory management (common with all OEMs), all make Android a bad OS, so these manufacturers resort to spec peddling, to try to claw back some market share for themselves.
Mrs. Akpobrusike doesn’t care about your 4GB RAM, or 4K display (which is unnecessary on a mobile phone p, and will only kill the battery faster), or your new Tegra X1 processor. She wants a phone that works, and in my experience (I used to use a SAMSUNG before getting angry and selling it off one day, then using the money to fuel my tank and pay for Internet data), Android based phones do not work as often or as well as I want them to.
Maybe I’m just being an acolyte of the cult of the bitten fruit, but that’s okay.
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lordbanks, first off, you write very well is why I signed up here. Second, I’m interested in getting the GSP and that’s how I came across your review. Excellent write up. Just one question, is the Android OS (Lollipop, I think?) eventually upgradable to Marshmallow?
Thanks for the kind words. Good question. I listed it as one of the cons, because the upgrade path of non-Nexus and Android One devices is at the discretion of the OEM, and not all of them are upgrade-friendly. The GSP is great at the moment because it’s stayed as close to the latest Android as it could, but will that be the case in 3 months? 6 months? That’s a question only they can answer.
OK, thanks. I use an Asus Fonepad 7 tab that has spoilt me with its user-friendliness just that since I upgraded to Lollipop, the battery life now absolutely sucks, and I now realise that I don’t really need all that screen real estate so I’m now looking for something more unwieldly and user friendly. Can you comment if the tethering mode of the GSP allows for both secure and unsecured access?
This is a difficult question to follow, by definition, tethering via Bluetooth or USB is supposed to be more secure than simply broadcasting a wifi hotspot, right? Care to explain?