MP7 phone makes MP3 feel totally insignificant

by Darren Murph posted Mar 10th 2008 at 6:01AM

We've seen phones that push the boundaries of chintziness, but this newfangled MP7 phone really shows what humans are capable of when they've no motivation to assemble a decent product. Granted, most everything here is lost in translation, but the blatant "Blue tooth" logo on the front pretty much sets it up for disaster. Nevertheless, this GSM handset reportedly comes in silver or black and features a 320 x 240 touchscreen display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, built-in FM tuner and support for some form of mobile TV along with the elusive "MP7" format. Best of all, this marvelous gem of handset engineering can be had for $599.90 (or a dozen easy payments of $59.99) -- we can hear the N95 cowering from here (or is that laughter?).

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Filed under: Handsets, Others, GSM

Tags: cheap, china, crap, mp7, mp7 phone, Mp7Phone, ripff

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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DT @ Mar 10th 2008 9:20AM

Whoa, that's like...um...4 better than MP3!

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Randy @ Mar 10th 2008 9:34AM

At the rate that these mp* knockoff devices are coming out at I'm going to hold out of the MP1000 :-P

Who knew that the MPEG codec had that many layers. I guess mp3 has lost its meaning....

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Omagus @ Mar 10th 2008 11:30AM

LOL at the "crap" tag.

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shaliron @ Mar 10th 2008 11:31AM

Ah, dangit! And here I was with my newly bought MP5 player.

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Sameer Surampalli @ Mar 10th 2008 3:20PM

When the blazes did these new MPEG codecs come out?

And what does it offer now, like 10KB file sizes?

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Matt @ Mar 11th 2008 12:39PM

Sameer,

PHLEASEEEEE...Don't underestimate Chinese Engineering. MP7=1.5KB file which makes it the equivalent of 5MB file... Who needs 3G networks then when you can have 4G speeds over GPRS. I SO want this thing. I'm buying my ticket to China tomorrow. Who wants one or two say "MP7"

Maciek

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