Kogan Agora 5.0" Dual-core Smartphone

Bradmax57 · 11 Feb 2013 at 11:13

Not sure if its been posted here (I couldnt seem to find anything) but doesnt look too bad for £120, sure its no note II.

http://www.kogan.com/uk/buy/agora-50-dual-core-smartphone/

Could be worth it for a backup or to keep my son of my note

tom_e · 11 Feb 2013 at 11:18

480 x 800 on a 5" screen, that won't be pleasant!

Robbo · 11 Feb 2013 at 12:16

The back looks extremely similar to the original Galaxy Note. Lawsuit incoming!

Dual SIM is a strange inclusion though.

I'd rather pay £30 more and have a Lumia 620 I think.

tom_e · 11 Feb 2013 at 12:20

Robbo said:
The back looks extremely similar to the original Galaxy Note. Lawsuit incoming!

Dual SIM is a strange inclusion though.

I'd rather pay £30 more and have a Lumia 620 I think.

A lot of the knock off Chinese copies seem to have dual SIM ports. It's quite common in the Asian market I think.

Raikiri · 11 Feb 2013 at 13:28

Might be worth checking out the Jiayu G3 if you want a decent cheap Android. 4.5" 720p IPS screen, 1Gb RAM (vs 512mb), 8mp camera and supposedly a 2750mah battery.

Costs about £125.

Or the G4 Advanced which should be £160ish when it comes out, 4.7" 720p, 2GB ram, quad core CPU, 13mp camera, 8.2mm thick.

teenwolf · 11 Feb 2013 at 13:29

i have seen these on the bay
nearly bought one myself.

Bradmax57 · 11 Feb 2013 at 15:00

Raikiri said:
Might be worth checking out the Jiayu G3 if you want a decent cheap Android. 4.5" 720p IPS screen, 1Gb RAM (vs 512mb), 8mp camera and supposedly a 2750mah battery.

Costs about £125.

Or the G4 Advanced which should be £160ish when it comes out, 4.7" 720p, 2GB ram, quad core CPU, 13mp camera, 8.2mm thick.

They dont actually look too bad, and the G4 spec looks half decent any idea when?

Raikiri · 11 Feb 2013 at 18:26

I'm not sure, sorry. But it does look very nice for the money.

Scougar · 11 Feb 2013 at 19:02

Newman N2 is pretty nice as well.

Vimes · 11 Feb 2013 at 19:52

Bradmax57 said:
They dont actually look too bad, and the G4 spec looks half decent any idea when?

http://www.chinagrabber.com/mobile-...re-mtk6589-1-2ghz-2g-ram-13mp-camera-32g.html

Bradmax57 · 11 Feb 2013 at 22:25

Vimes said:
http://www.chinagrabber.com/mobile-...re-mtk6589-1-2ghz-2g-ram-13mp-camera-32g.html

pretty damn good for the money, had I not bought the note I could see myself getting one of those for myself

Scougar · 11 Feb 2013 at 23:36

Don't use chinagrabber/dealsprime. Real crappy if something goes wrong with your item.

EniGmA1981 · 12 Feb 2013 at 07:50

I can't help but think that a dual core 1.0ghz cpu and only 512mb ram is a little low for a phone with a 5" screen

Bradmax57 · 12 Feb 2013 at 08:24

probably why it runs a low resolution

EniGmA1981 · 12 Feb 2013 at 09:11

Yeah just noticed that - just assumed it would be similar resolution to the Note

Rroff · 13 Feb 2013 at 02:55

Looks very similar to the note at a glance even down to the camera flash and volume buttons infact the image showing onscreen appears to be photoshopped from a note as afaik you don't get 5 icons wide in the launcher at less than 1280x800.

tom_e · 13 Feb 2013 at 09:12

Rroff said:
Looks very similar to the note at a glance even down to the camera flash and volume buttons infact the image showing onscreen appears to be photoshopped from a note as afaik you don't get 5 icons wide in the launcher at less than 1280x800.

It'll be a chinese knock off designed to look as close as possible so people think they're getting a bargain.

Scougar · 13 Feb 2013 at 11:50

Robbo said:
The back looks extremely similar to the original Galaxy Note. Lawsuit incoming!

As far as I'm aware, there is no such thing as Copyright in China.