Sub-$100 Android Smartphones shipping right now powered by ST-Ericsson U6715

Posted by Charbax – February 19, 2011

The 468Mhz ST-Ericsson U6715 ARM9 processor includes current support for Android 2.1, to be upgradable to Android 2.2 in around a month, they use tricks like a Virtualization layers on top of Android to speed some things up for the user experience on this low end hardware. Yet, the experience is very impressive considering the potential $100 unlocked retail price for these Android smartphone devices such as the K-Touch W606, Acer beTouch E130, Coolpad W711 and the GHT Maestro, they can all include 3G support and good battery runtime.

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    Love his sigh about Android! :) It would be real shame if one platform took the dominant role that’s for sure. Looking forward to RIM and HP products!

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    SO the sub $100 price point promise has actually been kept and are shipping! Well this sure opens a window of opportunity for a lot of folks. Consumers get a relatively snappy phone with a good UX and variety of apps. Developers get a chance to enjoy more revenue, hey, with Qt on Android even the old (disgruntled) Symbian developers could once find a new source of income. This is a good initiative, the quality matched with that price… This particular venture will succeed. They already have me aiming to get my hands on one!

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