how much is mi 510?

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Added on November 29, 2012, 4:19 pmhow much is mi 510?

i own an xperia sola, and got a chance to test black pearl 2 recently.

first, the MT6577's processor actually perform better than STE U8500 according to antutu and quadrant.

second, the PowerVR SGX531 is not as good as sola's Mali-400 GPU. (nenamark 2 score slightly lower than sola)

third, RAM, BP2 actually have more RAM available to user compared to sola

4. kernel is newer than sola (3.0.13 for BP2, 3.0.8 for sola)

5. obviously screen is larger (4" vs 3.7")

6. BP2 have less ROM compared to sola
(BP2: internal storage = 500MB, phone storage = 2GB;
sola: internal storage = 2GB, phone storage = 4GB)

7. battery life should last longer than sola (1600mAh battery)

funny thing is , the back of the case say 5MP but when u go into the camera app the max resolution is 8MP!

and that's as much as i can remember for now. of course BP2 got dual sim sola only got one.

if you can buy mi501, that's a better choice for one obvious reason = moar power.

mi501 = the best android malaysia has to offer.

CSL could improve a lot more . Imagine if CSL Mercury Mi510 Packed with snapdragon s4 plus processor. 1.5ghz dual core. MSM8960 It gonna be a beast ! 

well something have to give to keep the price below 1k.
even if they manage to make it, the price will land at those premium brand price range, which leads to the famous question: would you buy a csl or buy samsung/htc/sony/etc.?
they got to sell their stuff y'knw

Benchmarks:

Quadrant:


AnTuTu:




Nenamark2:

I can see detail score for BP2 by our bro ralph_d.

Could you post detail score for the Mercury?

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.

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

They should at least have Stealth 2 and Mi501 on the list.

I look at it a an effing scheme to fools Malaysian youth.

Agreed. BP2 is the best on the list. They think we still use nokia. Fool ppl too much

In addition, those fuc*er want us to accept phones with S40 OS as a smartphone.

specs quite low

Me too. Yesterday evening i went over to Lowyat, it seems that the BP2 is sold out as they didnt bring enough stocks. However they intro the Ninetology Insight to me, it has a bigger screen (4.3) and the price is RM699.

No info on the web about this model.

Yes. The latest ninetology insight. Made to cover the increasing demands of BP2. Saw it yesterday. Specs remain the same but a slightly bigger screen (4" vs 4.3"). Had a white body. Just the same thing as BP2.

The body is rectangular with rounded edges. Compared to BP2 almost circular (pebble) design, its much difficult to handle.

Maybe its just me but ninetology made every phone with the same specs but different sizes. 4" 4.3" & 5". Maybe there will be 4.1" 4.2" 4.4" 4.5"  up to 4.9"

Any detail spec for this insight?

Even Stealth 2 sold at around RM650. So to buy this Insight at RM699 is just insane. Hell, even Huawei G600 is sold at just RM680.

You just wait for the price of Insight to drop. It should be real soon.