Gonkai $12 Cellphone Made in China

[froggyboy604]

It comes with Bluetooth, an MP3 player, an OLED display and quad-band GSM. Priced at $12 in China.

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I'm surprised that it comes with an MP3 player, Bluetooth, and a OLED display for only $12. I wonder when will there be a $1 cell phone which people can buy at the dollar store.

Looks like a good phone for someone to use in Emergencies, or if they just want to call someone, text, and listen to music.

The plastic casing also looks pretty durable since the plastic looks thick, so it could survive a fall from someone pocket.

I bet the battery life on this phone maybe better than more expensive phones, and charging the battery is faster because the screen, speaker, and mic probably don't use much power.

 

[hissae2]

This would be useful for people who only want phones for emergencies.

 

[FTON]

Yes indeed, it doesn't satisfy our needs.

 

[froggyboy604]

If this phone has other features like speed dial, an answering machine, voice mail, speaker phone and Caller ID, this phone might be a good phone to use as a home phone for people who rarely use their home phone, but don't want to buy a full featured smartphone since they don't use apps, games, calender, and other functions a smartphone has which a regular phone does not.

The battery life on this phone might be good if it comes with a good battery since the screen uses very little power unlike smartphones where the full color screen use most of the power on the phone.