The next gPhone has arrived, and surprisingly, it looks pretty nice. Although we were all very excited about China’s Sciphone (not really), the Kogan Agora and its upgraded twin, the Agora Pro, are probably a much better bet.
It looks rather like a Blackjack, but it fits all the capabilities of a G1 or iPhone into that thinner form factor. I’m a bit jealous, although I think I’ll much prefer the keyboard on my handset. It’s being sold for 300 and 400 Australian dollars for the Agora and Pro respectively, which translates to about $200 or $260 in American dollars. You’d want to go with the pro, since it includes GPS, Wi-Fi, and a camera, although both have a microSD slot, full QWERTY as you can see, and yes, that 320×240 screen is touchable.
We’ll have to wait until we get one to evaluate, of course, but it looks like a solid piece of work.
[via ITWire]
Isn’t this Motorola or Samsung? They both have similar devices, if not this is one of them.
Yeah – the Moto Q and the Blackjack both look pretty similar. Different handsets, though.
Andriod is a great Mobile OS. I’m glad to see more devices using it.
Most likely this will be my next phone! (unless an even more awesome Android handset comes along before Feb)
It’s great to see a handset manufacture taking customer input on making a phone. I felt that a lack of a touch screen was a total deal breaker on the MotoQ and BlackJack. I can’t wait to see if this gets ported over to any US carriers.