June 25th is the date which Neo have promised to be the Neo N003’s launch date, and today is the day that they have finally confirmed pricing and specifications.
The Neo N003 is the phone that has been billed as the ‘worlds cheapest 1080 Android phone’ and it still will be, only at a slightly higher price (surprise surprise). Originally the standard version of the phone with 1GB RAM was to cost 899 Yuan in China (about $146). Neo are now telling us that this price has increased slightly to 1080 Yuan ($175). The good news is that the Advanced model with 2GB RAM has managed to keep its price at 1499 Yuan ($244) so basically UMi x2 price.
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Specifications have stayed pretty much as we reported all those months ago. Neo are still planning to ship the N003 with a 1.2Ghz Mt6589 chip rather than the newer MT6589T, display is a 5-inch 1080 HD panel, a 3 mega-pixel camera sits on the front while a 13 mega-pixel snapper lives on the rear. A 3000mAh battery should see better run time than the X2 and OTG plus HDMI out are obvious bonuses for anyone choosing this phone.
The only real kicker is that internal storage is pitiful! The standard model gets’ just 4GB ROM while the top of the range N003 has only 8GB ROM! Thankfully they both offer SD card expansion, but even still we expected much more!
Which version did u buy? And how is the umi working out for you, any lags or problems? Care to share a mini review? Because I’m really tired of all the waiting for jiayu, if the umi is good I’m thinking of getting it!
Get the Umi X2. I got the 1.5ghz, 2gb ram, 32GB storage for 189€ in Chinavasion on special discount they had. A bit of lag for first 5 secs of boot up. But you can change the the ROM to fix this and also the camera app is not good. Just get camera XC app. then it’s perfect:-)
can you tell about the difference between both of that glasess?
i guessing that Asahi is cheaper than Gorilla, but it still durable ?
If this NEO3 is as good as NEO2 i will buy it, i don’t trust umi as the same build quality. Specs are not the main factor for me i want value for money!