In terms of Mediatek I think people are overreacting when it's a budget phone. You're never going to get a stronger performance Snapdragon/Exynos processor than Mediatek for the same price unless there's some big glitch.
I've used all kinds of phones and for the average user of chrome, Facebook, phone calls, texting, YouTube you're not going to have a vastly different experience.
Benchmarks aren't real world and can be manipulated by software and hardware just like the emissions tests that Volkswagen gamed. Even benchmarking after 30 minutes of resource intensive activity results in sometimes vastly different results.
I think software is often more important as the same processor can be amazing in one phone, and dire in the next if it's in a dodgy android version.
Personally I have switched over to Chinese phones for the past 4 years and have upgraded each year by looking at the £100 purchase price and thinking '£8 a month is cheap for the phone, it's paid off already'.
My contract is £5.25 a month and has way more than I need so overall I'm paying £13 a month for everything including regular phone upgrades.
If you compare the first phone I had to what is possible at £100 now it's incredible and I won't be going back to being ripped off with sky high contracts which lock you in and pay far more for your phone.
The first £100 phone was 4GB ROM, 1GB RAM 4 inch, now i could get 64GB ROM 4GB RAM.
Looks like a great phone at a very good price point - amazon 30 day "No Quibble" cant go wrong
This wont go too hot as supply wont be able to handle demand - unless amazon have a ton of stock.
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jameshothothot to deany76
14 Sep 1611#6
headphone slot too
sam1970
14 Sep 16#7
iam after a new phone for the wife and this will be a big improvement from her iPhone 4s. I can afford an iPhone 7 but I refuse to be ripped off. now..any one knows a reason for not buying this phone? any one used it before?
Was looking at this yesterday, and, so far as I understand it the internals of the two are identical except the mark has the fingerprint sensor. if that's not important to you then the studio one is the better buy.
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13 MP main camera + 5 MP front camera with built in f2.0 aperture, blue glass filter and LED flash
1.3 GHz Quad Core MeditaTek processor
16 GB Internal memory and 2 GB RAM with Micro SD up to 64 GB
4G LTE (1/3/20/38/40) and 3G(900/2100)
Box Contains
Handset,USB Cable,Headset,Cover,Screen Protector,Quick Guide,SIM Tool
This is Dual Sim OR Single Sim + Micro SD
- topss
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I've used all kinds of phones and for the average user of chrome, Facebook, phone calls, texting, YouTube you're not going to have a vastly different experience.
Benchmarks aren't real world and can be manipulated by software and hardware just like the emissions tests that Volkswagen gamed. Even benchmarking after 30 minutes of resource intensive activity results in sometimes vastly different results.
I think software is often more important as the same processor can be amazing in one phone, and dire in the next if it's in a dodgy android version.
Personally I have switched over to Chinese phones for the past 4 years and have upgraded each year by looking at the £100 purchase price and thinking '£8 a month is cheap for the phone, it's paid off already'.
My contract is £5.25 a month and has way more than I need so overall I'm paying £13 a month for everything including regular phone upgrades.
If you compare the first phone I had to what is possible at £100 now it's incredible and I won't be going back to being ripped off with sky high contracts which lock you in and pay far more for your phone.
The first £100 phone was 4GB ROM, 1GB RAM 4 inch, now i could get 64GB ROM 4GB RAM.
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This wont go too hot as supply wont be able to handle demand - unless amazon have a ton of stock.
☞ Accepts SD cards
Hot.