Chinese search giant Qihoo have teamed up with Chinese phone manufacturer Amoi to launch, what could be, the world’s cheapest quad-core Tegra 3 Β powered phone on the market the Amoi Neptune V5! And it will be officially launched later today!
Qihoo are on of China’s largest search engine companies and they have decided to get in to the mobile phone game by partnering up with Amoi. The two companies have worked together to produce an all new quad-core phone which could very well be the world’s cheapest Tegra 3 powered phone!
Known as both the Qihoo Deovo and Amoi Neptune V5 the new low-cost quad-core phone will be officially launched today in China and will be on sale after launch, thus beating Xiaomi’s quad-core M2 to market which could be an important and timely move by Qihoo!
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Not only does the Qihoo Amoi Neptune V5 feature a powerful 1.5ghz Quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 CPU, but also a generous 1GB RAM, 16GB of onboard storage and impressive camera’s with the rear being an 8 mega-pixel unit!
Qihoo will be launching the V5 on China Mobile meaning it is going to be aΒ TD-SCDMA 3G phone and won’t be compatible with China Unicom, and will be priced at an incredibly low 1498 Yuan ($237).
@Andi very impressive, looking at my finance I think this is a good alternative for the oppo find5. But how does the TD-SCDMA 3G affect us international potential consumers.
TD-SCDMA 3G only works in China π
then no international buyer would show interest to buy this phone .
is a pitty π
I have here a source from wikipedia ” it does not require paired spectrum for downlink and uplink, spectrum allocation flexibility is also increased”, so im no communication engineer, but it sounds as if the TD-SCDMA could’ve have been compatible 3g network on the WCDMA spectrum. I don’t know im confused.
another good option would be the Dream S…. I would hold out for that one instead of this….. As much I would like the Oppo Find 5 it would really depend on which is better on the pocket…..
I asked one of Amoi top managers about this product, even sent him reference to your article, here is the answer:
I have checked with my team. we have no this product now. My quad-core product will be mass production at end of Nov not this one…
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This is not real Amoi product….
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we cannot help you with this product.
As I have heard this is an OEM from AMOI so yes they won\’t be able to help you with it.
How is screen result? 1280×720?
Where can I find this product?
Andi you are a cock-tease! hehe (pardon my cheekiness)
I got all excited reading your email only to open the blog and see it’s another disappointment. OK waiting for a REAL phone that works outside China, doesn’t fall apart, and as actually available for purchase.
Ideally with Android 4.1, micro-SD, 1280×720 (ish) screen, quad core….
does such a thing exist yet?
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Haha sorry Simon π The Xiaomi M2 could be what you are looking for but it’s going to be a while before they’ll be stock at hand.
Hi Andi Chck dis out.. HDC Galaxy S3 with 12mp camera
hi andi.. a new galaxy s3 model with 12 mp cam and support for international use from hdc i found out, and its on sale now on FCT. chck dis link http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods-7699-HDC-Galaxy-S3-i9300-EX–MTK6577-Dual-Core-1GB-Ram-47-inch-720P-IPS-Screen-12M-Android-Phone.html
Yup, I’ve seen it but sounds too good to be true π
Andi it seems true because this company is already selling it with another name
http://sciphone.fr/en/290-android-b92m-3g-android-40-with-47-screen-1280×720-mt6577-cpu-1ghz.html
you can have a video test in english at the bottom of the page. One of my colleague bought it. It is on road to France π
The guy who made the test said in a previous video that HDC is no more making phone, so it is just marketing to use the name π
Cheers π
I wouldn’t trust anything FCT or their shills write…
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This phone have already been tested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g-wBhlD4Nc
Btw it’s phone made by star not hdc
Hello Andi,
My inquiries are producing MANY replies with 6 inch devices … BUT THEY ARE ALL FOR LOW RES SCREENS AT THE 800 x XXX LEVEL.
Are you aware of any REAL offers of 1280 x YYY resolution and how to get to talk to anyone ?
Cheers …
Sorry there aren’t any yet. It’s just a matter of time though.
TD-SCDMA only works in China. It’s their version of 3G. Hope the version that is Amoi branded is WCDMA. Even in China, I don’t think TD-SCDMA is even that popular.
Yep China only it’s China Mobile’s version of 3G and as they are the largest in China I would say its pretty popular π However I’ve never been impressed by them and am Unicom.
@Andi Is there an alternative for this product, I mean exact spec by spec, minus the TD-SCDMA replacing it with WCDMA. This right here is one of the best due to its price and spec. I would say Amoi built a justified phone (period)!