A few days ago we posted news of Coolpad’s 7-inch smarpthone/phablet/tablet device known in China as the ‘Great God’, the same device has now been spotted at CES with a new improved name! The CoolPad Halo.
The CoolPad Halo appears to be the international name of the device, but we think Goliath or Godzilla would have suited the 7-inch device much better! The Halo is a strange device in that it is marketed as a phone but has the size of a small Android tablet!
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CoolPad have been clever with the specifications of the CoolPad Halo, so even thouse of us who would simply dismiss the phone as being too big are considering it for it’s hardware alone. The Halo is powered by an octacore 1.7Ghz processor, has 2GB RAM, dual-SIM, SD card expansion, 4000mAh battery and rear 13 mega-pixel camera with f2.0 aperture, the front camera is quite up to ‘selfie’ standards but 5 mega-pixels isn’t bad.
What do you think of the CoolPad Halo? Are Coolpad on to a winner or is it just to big to be considered?
[ GizIndia.com ]
What a disappointment….I am rooting for the name Coolpad OMG ^_^ (But the phone is nice & well-spec)
Excellent hardware specs and I would buy one. Please let us know when and where it is available!?
Im really suprised that this is getting so much love 🙂 I guess everyone is a big screen convert now 🙂
Hi,
When will be possible to see an your full review of this coolpad? Thanks 🙂
Great God was a better name, I will miss that name…
haha 🙂
Hi Andi, where it is available? I want to buy one. I shall be thankful.
Hi Andi, where it is available?
Later this month in China, not sure about launches elsewhere yet
Where would I find it in China? Taobao?
What a disappointment….I am rooting for the name Coolpad OMG ^_^ (But the phone is nice & well-spec)
Would love if UMI made a phone like this without the boring and overdone front physical home button. Something like this with similar or better internals, thin bezels, and UMI Cross style would be so sweet!
I’d be more excited a JiaYu ike this 🙂
Indeed. I feel the steel quality of the g5 and a 7″ 1080p 4000+mAh “big brother” would be so sleek and impressive.
I for one love having a physical home button. Gives me more screen real estate, and I use it for waking up the phone and answering calls, amongst other things. But the Samsung copycat look is getting stale though.
Excellent hardware specs and I would buy one. Please let us know when and where it is available!?
Im really suprised that this is getting so much love 🙂 I guess everyone is a big screen convert now 🙂
Hi,
When will be possible to see an your full review of this coolpad? Thanks 🙂
what screen resolution and what android version?
Great God was a better name, I will miss that name…
haha 🙂
Hi Andi, where it is available? I want to buy one. I shall be thankful.
Hi Andi, where it is available?
Later this month in China, not sure about launches elsewhere yet
Where would I find it in China? Taobao?
Would love if UMI made a phone like this without the boring and overdone front physical home button. Something like this with similar or better internals, thin bezels, and UMI Cross style would be so sweet!
I’d be more excited a JiaYu ike this 🙂
Indeed. I feel the steel quality of the g5 and a 7″ 1080p 4000+mAh “big brother” would be so sleek and impressive.
I for one love having a physical home button. Gives me more screen real estate, and I use it for waking up the phone and answering calls, amongst other things. But the Samsung copycat look is getting stale though.
what screen resolution and what android version?
I like the big size. It would be used only at home. I need more info before committing. I liked the name Great God. I prefer phablet to a tablet and a phone.
I like the big size. It would be used only at home. I need more info before committing. I liked the name Great God. I prefer phablet to a tablet and a phone.
Hi Andi,
I ordered one today @ 413 dollars shipped.
Hi Andi,
I ordered one today @ 413 dollars shipped.
I ordered this phone for 300.00 and the 115 shipping cost will be refunded after I receive the order…going to get this around 3/18 – cannot wait for it, even though I will probably only be able to get EDGE speeds in California….
Have you received the phone yet? I ordered it for $340USD from aliexpress eternal theme.
Is it possible if you can give me your review and let me know what you think about this phone? Thank you!
Aliexpress delayed so Much that I canceled and I am now ordering through merimobiles..will cost around 400.00. If you root and create a recovery you will have to flash back to stock or flash a boot image to get updates…go to XDA for the info
I ordered from http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Coolpad-9976A-Phone-Call-mini-PC-Tablets-MTK6592-Octa-Core-7-IPS-1920×1200-Android-4-2/1609182894.html
Hopefully I will get it by end of April 🙂
Thanks for the tip! I will check out xda forums.
Thanks for the info!
Here is the link …http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635445&page=3….you can also go to chinaphonearena.com for more info…
I ordered this phone for 300.00 and the 115 shipping cost will be refunded after I receive the order…going to get this around 3/18 – cannot wait for it, even though I will probably only be able to get EDGE speeds in California….
Have you received the phone yet? I ordered it for $340USD from aliexpress eternal theme.
Is it possible if you can give me your review and let me know what you think about this phone? Thank you!
Aliexpress delayed so Much that I canceled and I am now ordering through merimobiles..will cost around 400.00. If you root and create a recovery you will have to flash back to stock or flash a boot image to get updates…go to XDA for the info
Here is the link …http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2635445&page=3….you can also go to chinaphonearena.com for more info…
I ordered from http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Coolpad-9976A-Phone-Call-mini-PC-Tablets-MTK6592-Octa-Core-7-IPS-1920×1200-Android-4-2/1609182894.html
Hopefully I will get it by end of April 🙂
Thanks for the tip! I will check out xda forums.
Thanks for the info!
go to facebook and search Coolpad 9976A…..
Stupid site – you can post links to other sites, but not to facebook, and yet I logged in with my facebook account to post…yup, makes sense….
It seems that whenever u post links it takes time to get moderated/approved….
I managed to get the Facebook link btw. It doesn’t seem to be very popular on facebook haha
I just created it, yesterday afternoon – not doing it for popularity, but for a knowledge base…
Thank you! Mine will arrive next week since I used DHL for shipping to me (I’m from singapore btw).
go to facebook and search Coolpad 9976A…..
Stupid site – you can post links to other sites, but not to facebook, and yet I logged in with my facebook account to post…yup, makes sense….
It seems that whenever u post links it takes time to get moderated/approved….
I managed to get the Facebook link btw. It doesn’t seem to be very popular on facebook haha
I just created it, yesterday afternoon – not doing it for popularity, but for a knowledge base…
Thank you! Mine will arrive next week since I used DHL for shipping to me (I’m from singapore btw).
Where can I buy this?
Where can I buy this?