Shallots tend to keep out of the international playing field and relay on local customers, but the news that their Snapdragon 820 flagship will cost as little as 1999 Yuan they might get some extra global attention.
In a meeting held this week, Shallots managers told staff that the company had managed to ship over 100,000 phones. Compared to Xiaomi or Meizu this is nothing, but for a small niche player its a good number.
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So can Shallots do better in 2016? Well looking at their plans to launch a Snapdragon 820 powered smartphone at only 1999 Yuan ($300) we think they might.
Apparently the new phone will feature an all metal body 2k display, 16 mega-pixel main camera, fingerprint scanner, 4GB RAM and 128GB memory. The specs alone are good, but rumours that Xiaomi are launching a similar device (with the Mi5) at a higher price could really help Shallots push sales.
This is sounding ike my dream phone … WOOOHOOO!!! I hope it comes with IR blaster, NFC, Fingerprint scanner and SD card reader (not so important considering the 128GB built-in memory). They should use 3rd/4th gen Gorilla Glass as screen protection.
Like OP3 is gonna come with a 128GB built-in memory?
Wait is exactly what you will do with OP3 and the invitation system version 3.0.
So they are not upping pricing for same specs but with a new gen SoC . No reason to since costs are not higher.
The Metal Ultimate is 6 inch 1440p , SD810 , 4GB RAM, 128GB NAND and microSD, 16MP and 8MP cams, 5.100mAh , fingerprint at 1999CNY.
Yes but even though it was announced months ago, it’s still not available to buy. I think they have decided to ditch the 810 in favour of the 820 before releasing it. I was hoping it was going to be my next phone.
On other sources, it said what you just wrote: the same phone, but with the 820 in place of the 810
And if they offer LTE bands 1/3/7/20 too, than this could become one of my favourites. But considering Shallots is targeting the local market I don’t think this will happen.
resellers don’t agree on price, there are costs to bear and every reseller tries to push price down to point for acceptance for both sides
It would be awesome if it worked that way but it doesn’t. Resellers all pay different prices depending on how many units they buy, their relationship etc. They all have different costs as well, some have wharehouses located outside of China which carry their own costs (taxes, import/export fees etc). There are hundreds of factors that can go into how much a reseller sells for and they need to make a profit on the device too.