So we are approaching the end of the first week of 2016 and we’re already getting word of ‘user defined’ smartphone from UMi.
UMi have been holding a questionnaire over on their website called ‘Project Apollo’. The project is UMi’s attempt at creating the world’s first ‘user defined’ Android smartphone.
It’s a simple idea, you simply answer which specifications you would like to see on UMi’s next smartphone and the company will attempt to build the ‘ideal’ phone based on the communities views.
It’s a great idea in theory, so what has the Apollo Project created?
UMi Touch: user defined and crowd funded smartphone
According to UMi their findings showed that customers want the following in their upcoming phone;
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- MT6753 chipset
- 3GB RAM
- 16GB memory
- 5.5-inch FHD Sharp display
- 13 mega-pixel Sony IMX238
- Fingerprint scanner on the front
- 3800-4000mAh battery
- Full metal unibody
- Dual WIFI
- $99.99 price
I’m not sure who these people were who want the Mediatek MT6753 chipset, but I suppose for $99.99 the hardware looks ok.
So will you be able to simply order the UMi Touch from an online store? It seems not, and instead some sort of crowd funding will be help to finance the device.
What do you think of UMi’s first crowd funded phone? Would you change any of the specifications? and what do you think of the crowd funding approach?
Too many phones with zero support. I will choose Ulefone to UMI.
Yeah, i totally believe it, a metal elephone p8000: that’s everyone’s dream when a new generation of new smartphones with newer and better specifications is just about to be launched -_-
1080p at 99$ and 3GB of RAM looks more than ok. we’ll see if they can deliver, it would be rather exciting actually to reach this price for such specs today.
“1080p at 99$ and 3GB of RAM looks more than ok.”
It actually looks almost impossible. Too cheap for that specifications. Okay, it can be that cheap, but with poor battery, poor camera, poor build quality and poor OS (or any of above). It is not all about performance.
Batteries are cheap, for 4000mAh they likely pay 3-5$ depending on quality. Cams are costly, at least very good ones but to be fair not that many users can tell the difference between ok and great and at 100$ it’s ok if the cam is 8MP interpolated.