Micromax A85 with Tegra 2 (Rumored)

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So now Tegra2 is the VFM dump I guess... 1st it was MSM7227.

The big dogs must be moving towards quadcore Qualcoms and pentacore Tegra3 ...
 
@Supra, You should already know that bigger/well known OEMs doesn't always guarantee quality. A ZTE re brand for India isn't necessarily manufactured with the same quality specs as a re brand of same product for another country/seller or their own retail version. I think for most of the so called Indian mobile phone brands, quality is never a factor. They would simply specify features, customization and volumes and set a target price point. Its up to the OEM how he tweaks the materials and process to meet the target price and still be in a position to make a neat profit for themselves. Specs wise it may be the same phone, but they may have used inferior materials and components to minimize costs.

With stuff like mobile phones that doesn't just translate into a question of life of the product, but the life of the user as well. An inferior quality battery in a re brand can explode no matter how great their original product may be. We are safe with such OEM's only when its just a relabeling job.
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Well well well....I am not sure if you have used a Spice MI 300/MI 410, Micromax A70. I have seen people using Spice MI 300 which was built by Foxconn and using it for years. It has everything starting from build quality to battery better than a cheapo Samsung Galaxy series. I currently have a Samsung, a Micromax, a Dell, a Nokia and I know what I am talking about. And all talk about this SAR value is just retarded in most cases. OEMs like ZTE and Huawei did a much better job with Blade/Skate/Ideos series and sceptism that their lines are seperate for India is pure speculation. That way scums like Samsung which thinks Indians dont need a AMOLED with Nexus S are good ppl to many guys . Let me not talk about Margins on branded phones compared to Micromax/Spice/ZTE, the fat pay to the marketing guys, huge promotional budget and blah blah. That alone takes 15-20% cost of a mobile. If smaller manufacturers can save on that and provide a good deal no one should have a problem with that. Nokia has the one of the most lousy after-sales service once you are out of warranty. Do you know u need to give 25~50 Lakhs to open a Nokia care franchise and that franchisee has to of course resort to fleecing customer (out of warranty) to get back his investment.

Finally its a person's need...somebody will buy a AMD 6950 GPU and unclock it and save 5k...on the other hand people who have the cash and have no problems blowing it up with pay up the extra 5~6k and get the 6970 :P...I surely fall into the 1st category :D
 
Supra said:
Well well well....I am not sure if you have used a Spice MI 300/MI 410, Micromax A70. I have seen people using Spice MI 300 which was built by Foxconn and using it for years. It has everything starting from build quality to battery better than a cheapo Samsung Galaxy series. I currently have a Samsung, a Micromax, a Dell, a Nokia and I know what I am talking about. And all talk about this SAR value is just retarded in most cases. OEMs like ZTE and Huawei did a much better job with Blade/Skate/Ideos series and sceptism that their lines are seperate for India is pure speculation. That way scums like Samsung which thinks Indians dont need a AMOLED with Nexus S are good ppl to many guys . Let me not talk about Margins on branded phones compared to Micromax/Spice/ZTE, the fat pay to the marketing guys, huge promotional budget and blah blah. That alone takes 15-20% cost of a mobile. If smaller manufacturers can save on that and provide a good deal no one should have a problem with that. Nokia has the one of the most lousy after-sales service once you are out of warranty. Do you know u need to give 25~50 Lakhs to open a Nokia care franchise and that franchisee has to of course resort to fleecing customer (out of warranty) to get back his investment.

Finally its a person's need...somebody will buy a AMD 6950 GPU and unclock it and save 5k...on the other hand people who have the cash and have no problems blowing it up with pay up the extra 5~6k and get the 6970 :P...I surely fall into the 1st category :D
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  • The example you are talking about is cards of same brand. Its like saying why do you need a Defy+ when you can OC the Defy more than 1GHz. But the issue here is different and I dont see the example gelling with it.
  • In case of Nokia at least you have a official service center to get you phone repaired even in Tier-3 towns whereas hunting down a Micromax service center is difficult even in metro like Mumbai!
  • Regarding the Nexus S even in US the SLCD version was released once the SAMOLED was not viable for them. I guess you know this, else check ebay.com.
  • SAR value talk being retarded. Please. So you say the European and US govts. are just retarded to have one in place? Come On.
  • When you talk about marketing even Micromax marketed their A60, Bling, Van Gough like there is no tomorrow and even Maxx roped in Dhoni to promote theirs during IPL. Only major Indian/Chinese company that doesnt do extensive marketing is GFive.
  • Regarding reliability just check the Spice Mi410 thread regarding how many h/w faults people are facing with the proximity sensor and the screen. I admit that major manufacturer products too sometimes has major manufacturing defects. For eg., the P500 has a dust issue but at least there are decent sized service n/w to fall back onto to get it replaced.
  • Personal experience is that there was a manufacturing defect that was common to all the W580i phones. The keypad keys cracked after a few months. I went to the service center with cracked keypad. Gave them the bill and got it replaced within an hour without a penny being charged. 2.5 years have passed and not single key has cracked in it since then.
 
Personal experience is that there was a manufacturing defect that was common to all the W580i phones. The keypad keys cracked after a few months. I went to the service center with cracked keypad. Gave them the bill and got it replaced within an hour without a penny being charged. 2.5 years have passed and not single key has cracked in it since then.
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Point is service after warranty expires. It will be 10 times the market price of the replacement item !

Regarding reliability just check the Spice Mi410 thread regarding how many h/w faults people are facing with the proximity sensor and the screen. I admit that major manufacturer products too sometimes has major manufacturing defects. For eg., the P500 has a dust issue but at least there are decent sized service n/w to fall back onto to get it replaced.
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Didn't a popular Nokia 5800 had tons of issues ! Of course service wont be as good in Spice for say Samsung/Nokia. Motorola service sucks big time in India if you have ever checked it.

Regarding the Nexus S even in US the SLCD version was released once the SAMOLED was not viable for them. I guess you know this, else check ebay.com.
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And again Samsung always gets away with panel changes. From TVs to mobile screens to PC Monitors....we have seen the same thing happening again and again. They are the BOSS in Mobile Screen Tech now and they dictate the terms to OEMs, manufacturers as well as customers !

SAR value talk being retarded. Please. So you say the European and US govts. are just retarded to have one in place? Come On.
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I meant only SAR value being the talking point. Some Motorola phones have bvery high SAR values (dont remember the exact models) but Motorola always has the best reception. For me , I will take a moderately medium SAR value if reception is top notch :)

The example you are talking about is cards of same brand. Its like saying why do you need a Defy+ when you can OC the Defy more than 1GHz. But the issue here is different and I dont see the example gelling with it.
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It was not an analogy if u read again :P...all I wanted to emphasis is people need and budget. eg:- I will buy the Micromax A80 at 13k max rather than blowing up 22k on an Optimus 2x. Of course only after properly checking out the build quality, screen. For me points like SAR value , Micromax Service will be rather secondary. Anyway we root all the Android handsets, load custom ROMS and what not and should be voiding warranty right.
 
Supra said:
Point is service after warranty expires. It will be 10 times the market price of the replacement item !
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Once the warranty expires you can go for the local vendors. At least you get a peace of mind for 1 year

Supra said:
Didn't a popular Nokia 5800 had tons of issues ! Of course service wont be as good in Spice for say Samsung/Nokia. Motorola service sucks big time in India if you have ever checked it.
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Motorola is not a major player in Indian market. IINM outside tech circle a 2nd hand Ace commands more price than a Defy!

Supra said:
And again Samsung always gets away with panel changes. From TVs to mobile screens to PC Monitors....we have seen the same thing happening again and again. They are the BOSS in Mobile Screen Tech now and they dictate the terms to OEMs, manufacturers as well as customers !
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My point was they have even done it to US customers and not a step-motherly treatment only for us.

Supra said:
I meant only SAR value being the talking point. Some Motorola phones have bvery high SAR values (dont remember the exact models) but Motorola always has the best reception. For me , I will take a moderately medium SAR value if reception is top notch :)
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Yup, Moto has high SAR values. Didn't go for it because of this reason.

Supra said:
It was not an analogy if u read again :P...all I wanted to emphasis is people need and budget. eg:- I will buy the Micromax A80 at 13k max rather than blowing up 22k on an Optimus 2x. Of course only after properly checking out the build quality, screen. For me points like SAR value , Micromax Service will be rather secondary. Anyway we root all the Android handsets, load custom ROMS and what not and should be voiding warranty right.
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Again not everyone roots their phone. Heck even not all members of TE does it. The enthusiast % is very low and for a huge % of the population (my guess is 95%+ and even higher may be) OOB experience is the most important criteria. Heck not many even know the SOC of their phone. All they know is the camera resolution and the OS version may be.
 
Micromax's A85 Superfone coming this Diwali

Micromax is set to launch its first high-end Android smartphone - A85 Superfone, around Diwali. The Mobile Indian has got exclusive images of Micromax A85 Superfone on which the company been secretly working for quite some time.

"Micromax will launch its first high end phone A85 Superfone in third week of October and it will be priced around Rs 19,000," sources familiar with the development said to The Mobile Indian.

A85 will feature a gesture control-based user interface and will be targeted at the high-end smartphone category. Gesture control supported user interface will use of the front facing VGA camera to navigate and scroll through the user interface.

Micromax A85 Superfone will feature a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus to capture high quality images and hopefully 720p HD video. It will be powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.

It also has a 4 inch capacitive (480 x 800 pixel) display with decent real estate for an improved mobile internet experience. Under the hood, the A85 will carry an overclocked dual-core Nvidia Tegra T20 processor coupled with 512 MB RAM.

SuperPhone A85 will come with 8 GB onboard storage which can be expanded up to 32 GB. To power this phone, Micromax has used a 1650 mAh battery pack.

Micromax had earlier released Andro A60 and A70 mobile phones running Android 2.2 Froyo in India. These handsets created a lot of buzz and hence the company plans to make a mark in the Android space with a high end phone.
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Thanks sa ill. Very nice reading your report. Ughh.
Wanted this phone so badly. Now I got excuse to save money. He he.
 
Disappointing pricing. You get a lot more with the LG O2x for just ~3k more (better cam, better screen, better service, much better community support, better battery life).
 
But can it run CM7 ??!!

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igyaan.in/2011/11/ig-exclusive-micromax-a85-superphone-hands-video/17663/ igyaan.in says Micromax already has working GB with them and the update will be pushed out ASAP after release.

I think the starting price is fine for 19k, it will settle at 15k, and for that price, I really wouldn't complain for what we are getting.

The only let down would be no flash. I wish they had included flash into the god damn phone, it would have been a COMPLETE package.
 
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^^ so is that a good thing or a bad thing?
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sorry,the original phone is not magnum 2x. :ashamed:

Its K-Touch W700 by a Chinese manufacturer Beijing Tianyu Telecommunications Equipment(it runs on the cloud-based Aliyun OS).

Cant say anything about this phone as of now.
At 18k it is a bit expensive.....all we can do is wait and see if price goes down. If it goes below 15k,then it sure would be a steal :ohyeah:
 
I'll have this phone in a day or two.. will post impressions for all those interested. 15k is a pretty good price for those specs i'd say.
 
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