Can the phone OS be upgraded to something newer, e.g..ice cream and jelly bean?

I thought it is already on ics.

It IS DIFINITELY  on ICS. LOL

do this phone have lots of acc?mercury seems have leather casing

do this phone have lots of acc?mercury seems have leather casing

Someone posted on the youtube comment that the BP2's GPS is slow. Anyone can verify this claim? I am interested in getting one unit soon.

It's not the BP2's fault, but the MTK6577's fault. MTK6577's signal is not good outside of China.

S advance have 768mb of ram compare to BP2 512mb, and samsung say gonna update to JB next year.
Apart from those two (not to forget s advance's curvy amoled screen), the rest more or less similar.
different price point anyway, BP2 is almost half the price of s advance.

Ninetology Black Pearl II Review

I got this phone for 5 days and i think a review would be appropriate to explain how this phone would perform based on my experience as a consumer.

Body
The design is quite sleek. One look at it would tell you that its a HTC but its not. It is quite heavy but not too heavy. Enough to tell you its presence in your pocket. The three touch sensitive button on the bottom (menu, home, back) is OK but there's some instances where it would not respond at all. Maybe i've been typing too fast. Overall, its a 3 stars. For the body.

Hardware
A dual-core 1Ghz does quite a good job. Not too much lag. I switched to the stock homescreen rather than using Go Launcher. Everything works fine. The only lag i suffer is from using FB. Thats all. It crashed twice. Tried modern warfare and it plays along just nice. I award the hardware 3 stars as well.

Battery
The nightmare. One time, i just let the phone rest on the table for a day and guess what? It loses about 70% of its juice without doing nothing. 3G was off and no one have been using it. Maybe ghost? I dont know. I also used it for a day and yes. The juices are not long lasting enough. If you're a frequent or extreme user, consider getting a power bank or something. 2 star is enough la.

GPS
Super difficult to get signal. I have to get to the open field to get the signal. If you're on the moving vehicle, dont expect it to be accurate. Even the rangei Foursquare is super large. Maybe its jus my area but thats my experience with BP2. 1 star for GPS.

Sound
Buzzing. Yes. Quite a lot. Played my music and it seems like i'm listening it to the radio. Calls are ok. Quite smooth and clear. 3 star for sound.

Display
Imagine Galaxy S II display. This is not the same. Only resolution and the size. Under direct sunlight, u will see nothing. Definitely nothing at all. No superAMOLED for this guy. But its quite responsive. Definitely a good job. Except under the sun where I couldn't even tell who's calling me. 3 stars.

Camera
It says 5mp. But its actually 8mp. The quality is not ok but acceptable. Focusing is dead slow. Tried to candid my cat sleeping upside down but focusing is too slow my cat is already awake! Damn. The should put a SIlentWavemotor inside the lens like Nikon lenses so it would focus faster. Just kidding. The shots are ok outside. But indoor, it failed too much even with the help of the flash. 2 stars. 

Price
599. So cheap. If samsung sells phones like S II or Note at a price like this, maybe everyone will have a smartphone. I give it 5 star! Hahahaha!

Overall
The phone had been good to me (not great). Enough to fulfill its duty of receiving calls, updating my status, tweets, watsapp and also a few games. I had Galaxy S II before but i ended up giving it to my mum. I couldn't compare it to the S II because i pity this little guy. It will lose.

Thats my review on the new Ninetology Black Pearl II.

Ninetology Black Pearl II Review

I got this phone for 5 days and i think a review would be appropriate to explain how this phone would perform based on my experience as a consumer.

Body
The design is quite sleek. One look at it would tell you that its a HTC but its not. It is quite heavy but not too heavy. Enough to tell you its presence in your pocket. The three touch sensitive button on the bottom (menu, home, back) is OK but there's some instances where it would not respond at all. Maybe i've been typing too fast. Overall, its a 3 stars. For the body.

Hardware
A dual-core 1Ghz does quite a good job. Not too much lag. I switched to the stock homescreen rather than using Go Launcher. Everything works fine. The only lag i suffer is from using FB. Thats all. It crashed twice. Tried modern warfare and it plays along just nice. I award the hardware 3 stars as well.

Battery
The nightmare. One time, i just let the phone rest on the table for a day and guess what? It loses about 70% of its juice without doing nothing. 3G was off and no one have been using it. Maybe ghost? I dont know. I also used it for a day and yes. The juices are not long lasting enough. If you're a frequent or extreme user, consider getting a power bank or something. 2 star is enough la.

GPS
Super difficult to get signal. I have to get to the open field to get the signal. If you're on the moving vehicle, dont expect it to be accurate. Even the rangei Foursquare is super large. Maybe its jus my area but thats my experience with BP2. 1 star for GPS.

Sound
Buzzing. Yes. Quite a lot. Played my music and it seems like i'm listening it to the radio. Calls are ok. Quite smooth and clear. 3 star for sound.

Display
Imagine Galaxy S II display. This is not the same. Only resolution and the size. Under direct sunlight, u will see nothing. Definitely nothing at all. No superAMOLED for this guy. But its quite responsive. Definitely a good job. Except under the sun where I couldn't even tell who's calling me. 3 stars.

Camera
It says 5mp. But its actually 8mp. The quality is not ok but acceptable. Focusing is dead slow. Tried to candid my cat sleeping upside down but focusing is too slow my cat is already awake! Damn. The should put a SIlentWavemotor inside the lens like Nikon lenses so it would focus faster. Just kidding. The shots are ok outside. But indoor, it failed too much even with the help of the flash. 2 stars. 

Price
599. So cheap. If samsung sells phones like S II or Note at a price like this, maybe everyone will have a smartphone. I give it 5 star! Hahahaha!

Overall
The phone had been good to me (not great). Enough to fulfill its duty of receiving calls, updating my status, tweets, watsapp and also a few games. I had Galaxy S II before but i ended up giving it to my mum. I couldn't compare it to the S II because i pity this little guy. It will lose.

Thats my review on the new Ninetology Black Pearl II.

Everyone should apply for the gov rebate of 200 in purchasing this phone. Yeehaaa