[Android General] Strolls:
I can't speak for the other guy, but I've had my W200 a month and have found absolutely nothing to complain about.

In the first couple of days I owned it I know I had to adjust the proximity sensor - until I discovered that, the phone kept hanging up mid-call because I touched the screen with my ear during conversation. I think I might also have had to install the Google keyboard and upgrade Maps before everything worked perfectly, but since then, the W200 has behaved wonderfully and done everything I wanted of it.

I was quite amazed by the W200 at first, but on reflection I have to recognise that it was an upgrade from my 3½ year old HTC Desire (not the HD or the Desire S - the original 2010 one), and some of the stuff that has impressed me was simply due to the upgrade of the Android o/s (from 4.1 to 4.2). I'm also no longer running out of space all the time, which alone makes quite a difference! Not only that but I gave up on my privacy paranoia, started using Google accounts properly and installed Mavericks on my Mac around the same time - any changes I make to a contact's details on either device just magically change on the other one, too, and it's easier to get directions and so on. I guess many of you guys will take these features for granted, but I was genuinely blown away, because they were all new to me. The larger screen of the W200 is lovely and reception and data speed seems better than my Desire, but you'd expect such improvements over 3 years.

One great thing about Android is that it's open source and that there's all these guys modding ROMs for it, so I assumed that if the W200 has only 4.2.1 now, then Android 4.4 will be released soon. Reading the comments here, I get the impression that I was mistaken - am I right in thinking the chipset manufacturer (MediaTek?) haven't released a development kit / driver source to handset manufacturers? Whatever the reason, it's a bit disappointing to be left behind as all the cool kids get KitKat 4.4.

When boasting on another forum about what a great deal I got on the W200, someone asked me why I hadn't bought the Moto G instead, and looking at that model, I have to say it's quite compelling - I'm not sure I could argue the W200 against it, if one of my buddies was considering a new phone in this price bracket.

The Moto G is a "budget" phone and as such it's 2mm fatter than the W200, and it has neither a microSD card slot nor a removable battery. But I paid about £150 for my W200 (I think you can get it for £142 from Amazon now) from a UK supplier (so VAT included, no shipping or customs hassles), and you can get the Moto G a chunk cheaper. The 8GB Moto G (same internal storage as the W200, then) is £129 from Amazon but only £110 from Tesco right now - in fact, it's been as low as £99 in Tesco (plus you get savings via clubcard points and vouchers).

It's easy to point out how the W200's screen is ½" larger than that of the Moto G, and if you need the extra storage of an SDcard or to carry a spare battery then there's no competition. I think dual SIMs is amazing in theory, but I don't actually use it at present - I just bought the THL because it was a cheap quad-core with a decent screen. Meanwhile, not only is the Moto G already on Android 4.4, but it's a massively popular handset, too, and I think we can expect better support long-term - there will be loads of people hacking it and doing ROMs and stuff.

Finally, the Moto G is a name brand, and if you sell it in 6 or 12 months time you'll suffer less depreciation, and be better able to afford to upgrade to whatever's hot then. The total cost of ownership idea really influenced me when choosing the THL - I paid nearly £300 for a flagship name-brand phone 3½ years ago, and was glad to get £50 for it last week. I could have spent £300 on a Nexus 5 last month, but the W200 was half the price, so I figured I can afford to buy a THL and replace it twice as often.

If there was a 4.4 KitKat ROM available for the W200, I would have no hesitation in recommending it - either an official 4.4 ROM or a good custom ROM, and I'd be saying "yeah, this is definitely an awesome phone, and I'll be keeping it for the next 2 or 3 years". As it is, I'm kinda wondering how much I'll get for a secondhand phone from some Chinese company no-one's ever heard of, if I want to upgrade to 4.4 in 8 or 12 months time and I'm selling this in the local paper or Gumtree. I can imagine having to keyword spam "like Samsung, Nexus" in order to try and get the best price, and that's a bit naff, really.