Tuesday, September 30, 2008

CECT Cell phone

You might notice that CECT cell phones are getting more and more popular nowadays, you can see then on eBay, youtube and other online advertisements. Actually CECT cell phone is owned by QXMC Corporation, a leading domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets in China. More and more people are aware of the CECT cell phones, more searches per day, and more products are putting on the internet.

The most typical CECT cell phones are big touch screen, Iphone alike appearance, dual SIM card supported, well equipped speakers, extremely long standby and talk time and the all-in-one features. And the main reason why CECT are getting popular, it’s because of the price, it costs USD 100 something, and you can get a brand new cell phone with 1 year warranty. It shines with its price and quality.

CECT phones have a competitive value on the mobile phone market, with the inexpensive price and rich features presented, most of the CECT cell phones are considered as the iPhone clones, so you don't need to worry about the design, because its always big touch screen, one button control, nice phone menu and some other iPhone like features.

And there are something you should know before making a purchase for CECT Cell phones.

In General - The good :
Most of the CECT Cell Phone has the decent features like 3.2/3.5 inch touch screen, few button control interface, surround sound system, Bluetooth, MP3/MP4 multimedia playback, 1.3 Mega pixel camera, video recording, WAP browser, MMS, 8-12 languages, dual SIM card supported (manually switch the SIM card), extremely long talking time and standby time, unlocked phone (you can use any carrier you want, not only limited to T-Mobile or AT&T) and some other features that a normal cell phone have.

Warranty Issue:
CECT phone is manufactured by a leading domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets in China. So it's considered as the "imported cell phone" by other countries, you can buy it easily on eBay or online stores, but not a local phone store around your area. So the warranty issue is what you should consider at first, most seller offer 1 year warranty issue.

In General - The Bad:
Most of the CECT Cell Phones are not PDA, so there is no mobile OS installed like Symbian and Windows Mobile. So you can’t install software on it. And the firmware for the phone is not updatable, unlike Iphone, the firmware can be updated easily. CECT cell phones didn’t come with this feature, so when you got the CECT Phone on hand, you should understand that you can’t install software, applications and games on it, and the firmware is not updatable too, scalability is almost impossible.

Games, software and firmware:
CECT cell phones are not PDA, so there is no mobile OS installed like Symbian and Windows Mobile. So you can't install software on it. And the firmware is not updatable as well, unlike IPHONE, the firmware can be updated easily. CECT cell phones didn't come with this feature, so when you got the CECT phone on hand, you should understand that you can't install software, applications and games on it, and the firmware is not updatable too, scalability is almost impossible.

There are many CECT phone models up to now, choose what you really need after reading the specifications, and consider the GSM frequency and warranty issue for the phone before you make a purchase.

And here we stated the Specifications for P168, the most popular cell phone from CECT for reference.

Here is the specifications for P168+
Video: MP3 / MPEG4 Playing and Video Recording
Camera: Internal 2.0 M pixel camera
Touch-screen technology display
Operating Frequency: GSM 900/1800/1900HZ
Internal 260K Color 3.0 inch QVGA Display (320 x 240 pixel).
Size: 117 x 65 x 17 mm; Weight: 125g
Call / Idle Mode Time: 120 mins /200 hours
Camera: Internal 2.0 mega pixel camera
Language: English, French, Arabic, German, Russian, Thai, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese
Video: MP3 /MIDI/ MPEG4 Playing and Video Recording
Audio: 64 Chord Polyphonic Ring Tones
Audio Recording
Capable of downloading software
Messaging: SMS, MMS GPRS
T-flash Memory Card Slot
WAP Browser1.2.1
Touch-screen technology display
Tools: Calculator, 3 games, 3 alarm clocks, messenger, Hands-free speaker
USB 2.0

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