• MTK6589 CPU, Cortex A7 quad core
• 2G RAM
• 32G ROM
• Android 4.1 OS,
• 4.7 inch IPS screen, 1280x720,
• Corning II gorilla glass
• 3.0MP front camera
• 13.0MP back camera with flashlight and auto focus
• 180g

Previous JIAYU phones had good feedback from users.

http://www.pandawill.com/jiayu-g4-advanced-smart-phone-mtk6589-quad-core-2g-32g-47-inch-hd-ips-retina-screen-android-41-13mp-camera-gyroscope-p71208.html

Star S5 Butterfly, Android 4.2, 5" 1280x720 screen, $229

http://www.pandawill.com/star-s5-butterfly-smart-phone-android-42-mtk6589-quad-core-50-inch-hd-screen-1g-8g-p72575.html

More Full HD screen phones

http://www.pandawill.com/star-s4-smartphone-50-inch-fhd-ips-screen-android-42-mtk6589-quad-core-1g-8g-120mp-camera-p74668.html

@arnarfjodur

Yes, it has advantage. But not too large. If you like to browse or read something it makes things better.

These phones would become even more interesting if they would add 4g/LTE support.

While all that remains true, I like what Samsung did with the Galaxy S3. I believe they call it a world phone, where the hardware is the same(although possibly locked) and operates on multiple different networks.

It may be unlikely to make a phone that works on all networks, but one that works on many LTE networks will sell better than one that works on none.

This chip from Qualcomm(or something similar) may make this happen sooner. http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/22/qualcomm-first-global-lte-chip/

Anyone know which of these will work with 4g T-Mobile network here in California. I'm in the market for new phone. These look great

Today, Marvell announced a new quad core LTE single chip solution. http://www.lightreading.com/marvell-intros-quadcore-lte-chip/240155327

I'm sure we'll see something like this inside these Chinese phones before long.

I ordered Star S5 Butterfly and recieved it yesterday (see link in VK's comment above). Shipping via DHL was fast but took them a week to actually dispatch it. Communication with Pandawill was a bit weird (repeated e-mails for all kinds of details they already had, etc) - but nothing bad, just a bit chaotic.

I have never owned a proper smart phone before, so I can't compare it to anything - but it seems to work as expected. It comes with some sort of chinese voice recognizition widget that I can't figure out how to turn off - but not a big deal.

The phone is slim and light, and doesn't feel big in my pocket, but it takes time to get used handling the 5" screen - maybe I should have gotten a bit smaller one, but this is just a matter of personal taste. If I encounter any more serious problems later on I'll update this comment - but otherwise this seems to be a pretty good deal.

Edit: Initially I had some problems with GPS but seems to have started to work - so possibly unrelated to the phone.

Yep, but

http://www.pandawill.com/iocean-x7-young-smartphone-50-inch-1080p-fhd-screen-mtk6589-quad-core-android-42-p74868.html

Is cheaper, plus Android on C2 is not standard OS, it ships with Aliyun OS.

It is fun that affordable tegra 3 based phones also started to emerge (from $167 shipped) :

• http://www.pandawill.com/deovo-v5-smartphone-tegra-3-quad-core-android-40-47-inch-hd-ips-screen-3g-gps-p75616.html
• http://www.pandawill.com/beidou-hot-pepper-laq1-smartphone-tegra-3-quad-core-android-41-47-inch-hd-ips-screen-p75594.html

Taiwan claim that Mediatek’s 8-core processor will arrive before the end of this month!" and "The first batch of these new processors will be ready for manufacturers to begin development by the end of July, while Mediatek are preparing full-scale manufacture for November!" so that means that the MT6592 will be ready until the end of this month and they (MediaTek) will send the first batch to all the Chinesse manufacturers until the end of July and MediaTek will announce it at November, but most of the manufacturers will have ready to run devices with MT6592 at November.

Interesting

@htf

Sorry for removing part of your message, I just do not understand all the things wrote on your link. And how ti is related to topic title at all.