H-Mobile X8

[Windy_Miller]

Is there no end to the range of low cost radio options that China thinks we need?



http://www.hongkongeek.com/en/chinese-s ... -bank.html

A quad sim mobile with 400-470 MHz UHF transceiver and a battery pack big enough to start a tractor!

All for £36!

Handy for anyone that hankers to having a mobile that looks like it came from the 80's!

[Admiral]

Does it have a torch?

[Windy_Miller]

Allegedly

[Admiral]

I just looked at the vid, the OS looks very Symbian-like, that died a death ten years ago.

[Windy_Miller]

Should go down a treat with the Olde Skoolers then!

[Admiral]

There was nothing wrong with symbian, it was very fast as it was pretty lightweight on processors, there's still a community going, but the GUI was just very 'cartoony' (that's not a real word).

At £36 quid it would be great for outdoor folk, stick a PAYG SIM from all four main providers, and a walkie-talkie too, and, as you say, that battery pack should keep it going for a good while.

EDIT: Only 2G, so a 3 SIM won't work.

[Windy_Miller]

I guess if you are outdoors, then 3G wouldn't matter. Heck, most of Scotland doesn't have 3G after all!

[kr0ne]

God I hope it has that emergency mode where all the LEDs flash as it wails from the speaker then transmits SOS in Morse every 5 seconds...