In this blog, we know a lot of great Chinese products. Unfortunately, we tend to mix them up with bad ones (and not so bad ones) and even really bad ones. We’re sorry about this… well, not really sorry, but once in a while we sight something that makes us feel good about are non-discriminating taste for gadget news. One such example is the TORQUE D100. Filipino reviewer Jayvee got his hands on a unit, which just had a prettey decent outing in its native China, and was very impressed despite the low price: P 3,799 (Philippine) is only about $79 (US). You get a dual-SIM GSM phone with video and audio playback FM, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel phone with video recorder. The most interesting feature for us is the 1.3 MP camera, which seemed to take photos as good as the 2 MP camera on the iPhone. Actually, compared to the E71 in the review, it’s pretty bad, but hey it’s dual-SIM.
Conclusion: if you’re not into state-of-the-art and are content with cheap functional devices, China is the way to go.
[source w/video: abuggedlife]
March 16th, 2009 at 2:37 am
How is the sms typing of the Torque D100? Is the messaging friendlier than the
chinaphone? Because with the chinaphone there are other writing inputs you need to
pass through before returning to the english input or multitap abc — very
inconvenient. Hope it is like nokia or sony ericsson’s typing method. Pls reply.
March 18th, 2009 at 3:07 am
The sms typing of the Torque D100 is also the same with nokia and sony ericson. You don’t need to pass through different languages. I personally can say that this phone is user friendly. Battery of this phone is also good because it can stay long compare to other china phones. I’ve been using Torque D100 for almost 3 weeks now and so far I have no complains to it.
March 22nd, 2009 at 2:11 am
Where is it available? Can it be used as an internet modem for the pc? Thanx..
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:11 pm
To Christian:
It’s already May now, I just want to know if until now you still don’t encounter any problem with your Torq
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Hi, Christian!
I just want to know if until now you haven’t encounter any poroblem with Torque D100 because I intend to buy one
July 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 am
hello, i just bought a torque D100, and i just wanna ask why my wap doesn’t work? the sales lady said it’s wap ready.. any idea how to configure this? gprs/mms (smart/globe/sun) for this phone? load is not a problem.. i have a remaining balance of 100plus when accessing the wap service but it doesn’t work really.. i have waited so long for it to connect but it fails.. thanks in advance for the help.
September 16th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
jhamir try to consult your network provider, they will assist you to set up your WAP.
i’m planning buy d100. if anyone knows please email me at danecamino@yahoo.com or txt me 09294446314
i;m looking forward to know where to buy that phone. now, i’m using torque c100. and cheap and cool too! just like nokia 2600c but c100 has sd card. much more storage for my songs!