This afternoon Green Orange launched the N1 at the Mercedes-Benz Center in Shanghai. No surprise there, but what has come of a bit of a shock is that 3 variants of the Green Orange N1 were announced with the flagship model sporting a 1080 display and 2GB RAM!
Green Orange N1 Beauty
The N1 Beauty is the entry-level version of the phone and costs 1399 Yuan ($227). The 6.98mm body is the same on this version as on the more expensive versions but to keep the price competition a 1.2Hhz MT6589 quad-core processor with 1GB RAM and 5-inch 720p display come as standard as well as an impressive 5 mega-pixel front and 13 mega-pixel rear camera.
Green Orange N1 Speed
As the name suggests this version of the N1 has a faster processor, the 1.5Ghz quad-core MT6589T SoC to be exact along with 2GB RAM! The N1 Speed is priced at 1799 Yuan ($293) and get’s the same 5-inch 720 display and cameras as the Beauty model.
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Green Orange N1 Super
The top of the range N1 was announced today, but isn’t yet available to buy just yet, but the wait might be worth it! Like the Speed model a 1.5Ghz quad-core MT6589T chip and 2GB RAM are in place however the 5-inch 720p panel has been updated to a FHD 1080 display. The front camera has also been updated and is a 8 mega-pixel sensor on the Super, the rear is 13MP like the others! The Green Orange N1 Super will cost 2199 Yuan ($358).
Not content with giving us a choice of 3 great phones, Green Orange are also offering the N1 in a rainbow of colours which give the phone a colourful retro iPhone look. Other great features include 2.95mm screen bezels, LED flash, GPS WiFi and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS.
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These phones are more interesting than JiaYu G4 IMO.. And this is probably the first time I have heard about Green Orange.. I love that they put a 720p on the 5 inch 2GB phone.. 1080p is just a waste, and drains the battery like nothing else!
Couldn’t agree with you more. Unfortunately 1080p sounds good and people seem to think it’s better when in fact it’s not.
1080p just uses more power and with the MT6589 GPU it will also be slow. 720p is good enough so that you have a Retina display, I doubt it you can notice anything beyond that.
Well it’s not true that 1080p phone drains a lot of battery and it’s not true that runs slow on MT6589!!! I have iOcean x7, and there is a real difference between 720p! You should try one before!
Yeah, the 1080p mark is still far away from the MT6589. The battery consumption and stability can be a headache to the the users.
Adding to what Marius said about the display, i will say that the iphones had less resolutions but the retina display made the life attractive for them.
So if the screen holds a good screen and panel, its worth noticing that you will hardly observe a great difference in 720p and 1080p unless you have HDRs all around. 😉
Apart from that look at the premium design and sleekness.
If you don’t have any problemn in putting phones in blazer pockets and hanging bags(ladies) its a promising phone indeed. 😉
I wonder how they came up with brand name Green Orange ?
It depends one your eyes actually , to tell the truth for this matter you have to let your eye guide you not the specs… there are a lot of phone with same spec for camera but when you compare the real images you will know the difference 🙂
Looks very impressive!
where to buy??
why is the width and height not mentioned?
I want to know too ….
yeah, hunted all the china website, but still cant find the length and width…
hope the length is below 140mm and that will be perfect
Body: 147*72.1*6.98mm
Weight: 158gr
That’s one of the longest 5″ phone……
Dropped my idea even spec is good
even the zopo c2 is 147mm
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i kno , need to know the boby to screen area ratio, yeah man 5’5 inch will be perfecto 😀
Any mention of battery size?
Will be interesting to see how long it lasts under GPS or gaming
When would it become available for international shipment? I don’t want any pre-orders, just normal sale.
Look at all of them colours! Wow!
Looks good but also looks like renders and they don’t matter. Also battery isint mentioned. If the phones looks as good its renders in real life with atleast 2000mah battery, then i will buy for sure
from the source link that andi provided, it states that it has a 2500mah battery
That’s unbelievable, I think it might have a 1800mah one lik the slimmer version of the g4
The battery is 2500 mAh
5″, 5″ or 5″. What a variety!l 😉
wow! sounds incredible, where to buy and when?
How big is the battery Andi???
WHEN?
2500 mAh… i finally found my next toy
Whats the association between this brand/phone and Mercedes Shanghai ?
It’s is just the name of a place “Shanghai Mercedes Arena”
Thanks for clarifying.
looks amazing
hope you can review one if you have the chance
Agreed with lola , this phone is the beauty and the beast 🙂
Any idea when these will be available to buy?
can’t wait for the super to come out and your review andy, i am going to upgrade for my samy s3 to n1 super ,samy s4 is just not worth it ….
forgot i also took the xiaomi mi3 in o consideration , but time will tell lets wait and see 🙂
Andy my friend
When and where I can buy this phone?
i just saw the ideal phone. slim, sexy, customizable, iphone’like but in a nice way. and damn , again, only one simcard. fk it.
do you need two? seriously?
yep, i’m in another country, which has totally other “data plans”, i have my own vision of what is the work phone and the private number and such on, so yes, i’m now using 2 separate phones and would like to have one. but green orange killed me . 🙁
You know in some countries we actually keep bail phones 😀 so is auto that we have two sims 🙂
I’ve asked the customer service and the phone is ON SALE now. You can actually customize the HARDWARE 🙂
http://www.51greenorange.com/diy.aspx?caseid=C001&productno=1452
p/s: for people who understand Chinese
thax man !!!
http://translate.google.com.bd/translate?hl=en&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.51greenorange.com%2Fdiy.aspx%3Fcaseid%3DC001%26productno%3D1452
p/s for ppl who dont know Chinese 🙂
http://www.51greenorange.com/ [Oficial webpage]
http://www.51greenorange.com/c2bproddetail.aspx?id=1453 [more details]
They say it has 2500mAh…
Is the N1 their first crack at the smartphone market ?
Do they sell to addresses outside of China?
Apparently they have their own customer rom – MYUI !!!
Interesting. 🙂 . Want to know how it compares to MIUI (totally no connection 😛 ) and Lewa OS.
It add functionalities. You can see some here:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/WveBuUh_Ctk/
And a Video of the phone working here:
http://player.ku6cdn.com/default/out/pv201303201843.swf?ver=108&logo=http://css.ku6cdn.com/ent/2012/1108/player_out_201211081814.png&logourl=http://jf.ku6.com?from=player_OUT&vid=e2vg0-9VmFo8C7fmpZF_1Q..&type=v&referer=
thax Dude , ur the best 🙂
this phone is really cute, but it looks bigger than i would expect for a 5 inch, looks so big or maybe the girl’s head is really small
ur righto in terms of length and width
htc butterfly 143 x 70.5
oppo 5 = 141.8 x 68.8
htc droid = 141 x 70.5
sumsung s4 = 136.6 x 69.8
but the
green orange n1 = 147 x 72.1
What about battery???
When we get this phone in india??
I am waiting till 10th June to check out the actual user reviews to decide whether want to grab one for myself or not. On paper, it definitely looks great! 🙂
1. It takes 7 days for them to ship the phone (because it is custom made unit – every single unit apparently)
2. Available only in Black at the moment but according to the customer service that I spoke to, all colors and spec will be available around mid-June.
Cheers,
Dennis.
p/s: their own OS looks great though 🙂 can’t wait to test it!
Ho do you plan to get it ? Do they sell it outside China? I have tryed to contact them but no one replies ?
Which seller is this from Dennis ?
http://www.51greenorange.com/c2bproddetail.aspx?id=1453
After that page, select mark as below under the picture of phone. You can find all parameters of phone.
参数
it really man works 🙂
I’ve been following your site quite a while and this is the first Chinese cellphone I get excited about.
The looks are impressive. I was always wondering why there wasn’t a phone on the market that looked like the iPod Touch last gen. The bording, the right material, the Green Orange (WHY don’t they just call it LEMON?)
I would certainly choose the N1 Speed.
– 720p is perfect (I’m currently using S3)
– 2G RAM, (Most important!)
– Slim design + 5inch is (my) ideal screensize
The big question is how and when we could import it to Europe (BE) safely?
Is there a reliable online dealer?
I agree, this phone interests me the most of any phone I have seen on GizChina, any additional information would be appreciated.
Can’t agree with you more. Also would like one imported to BE, really hope it goes on sale internationally.
What is OS are they using on the first picture? ( The black phone)
It looks sooo nice
I would like to know this as well… 🙂
Why did you comment on yourself?
They have their own custom rom apparently called MYUI.
Wow…colourful phones; ladies would be impressed too 😉
Almost as colourful as a Lenovo S820.
what are the 3g bands? Will it work in the USA on AT&T?
they sell it here http://www.magicbazaar.net/Green-Orange-GO-N1-Speed-Smartphone-Quad-Core-MTK6589T-5-IPS-HD-32GB-Memoy-2GB-Ram-Android-JB-Jelly-Bean
but ive never heard of this site, anyone know if its trustworthy?
I have bought speed version here yesterday: android-cream
i have already bought my Grand S from them and service was fine.
When i receive it i’ll comment again.
Worlds first green orange n1 unboxing Video : http://v.ku6.com/show/e2vg0-9VmFo8C7fmpZF_1Q…html
Just received my Green Orange N1. I must say it is a very nice phone but I dont like the MYUI.
I cant find where I can download the new themes.
I cannot run google play.
Does anyone has any suggestions on how to tweak the operating system? adding some new add-ons etc?
Im a noob sorry. At the moment it is impossible to get the nice display like on the pictures.
Please make us a review 🙂
Have you tried to download Google Play apk?
The UI in the picture is not a real one i think. You could start installing some launcher, this would really make it better
Where did you get it?
Found it from sone shops at aliexpress.com …..
Don’t know if it’s safe to buy there ….