[Miscellaneous Android Development] amyren:
Perhaps a little bit off topic, but I've had this phone now for more than a year now. Now I'm changing phone and like to summarize my thoughts about this phone and compare it to my new one. The S3 clone was my first android phone and its done its job, but it did have some weak points.

It was a fun toy, and almost undestructable software wise. Even if it died on me for a few occasions due to flashing wrong rom, it always got working again after some strugle.

Here is a list of strong and weak points.

Camera. Nowhere near an original S3, but ok if your not to picky, at least in daylight. In poor light the photos get bad.

GPS: Extremely weak/Not working

Battery: Needs charging every day, but some original phones need that too, One bad point was that it did not take original replacement batteries without some modifications.

GSM: Ok if you live in an area with good reception. But where I live the signal is weak, and with this clone phone this causes often dropout and bad call quality.

3G: Working ok.

Wifi: I had no problems with it.

CPU/GPU: I had no issues with speed with this phone. But I dont play any demanding games. I was impressed that it ran XBMC quite well. I know some original android phones that cant do this.

Display: Only 800x600, but thats ok for a small 4.7" screen anyway. I had some problems with the touchscreen, that it does not resond unless I hold the phone in the other hand. If I put it on the table and use one finger touch it did not respond at all. But I think this was a special issue with my phone, because my wife similar phone was more responsive.

Price: Very cheap compared to the price of an orginal S3, but I think that is unfair comparisation, cause you get a MUCH better phone with the original.

Now, I was going to get a new phone and was considering some phones at fastcardtech. The clone S4 looks impressive, but I had some second thoughts after my experience with my old S3 clone, due to the call quality and the bad gps. Instead I found another china phone locally, the Huawei Ascend G700. It was at sale, and the price was about the same as I payed for my clone phone a year ago. But I read some positive reviews so I made the decision.

And now I've got it and I'm very happy about it.

Here is a list for comparisation:

Camera: 8MP, In good light it takes decent pictures, but in dark places its not so good. Still its better than the S3 clone phone.

GSM: Call quality is excellent, even at home with weak signal.

3G: Works well. (no 4G on this model, but I dont have coverage in my area anyway)

GPS is very strong, I even get a quick fix indoors with this one.

Battery is good, I can use it for two full days before charging.

CPU/GPU: Havent tested anything heavy on it, but its more than fast enaugh for my usage. It have 13700 antutu score, compared to 3300 on the S3 clone. It feels much more responsive than the S3 clone.

Display: Good 720p display, 5". The touchscreen is much more responsive on this phone than the S3 clone.

Price: Very good (I think I was lucky getting it a a campaign or something, because I noticed that the price have gone up after I got it)

I was positively surprised with this phone, knowing that Huawei also is a china phone. But its a china phone done right:)

So if you are offered this clone S3 today, be adviced to think twice before you buy. Unless you get it very cheap it might not be worth the money.

The specs are not worth so much when things doesnt work.