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Help select the phone
December 9, 2014
11:52 am
MW
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In kijiji, I am looking for the phone Huawei Ascend Y530 using Android v4.3 , 512 MB Ram,
price is my affordable, but only 512MB Ram. it it enough memory for email, facebook, skype, GPS map, web searching, read Google book; I don't use for game.

Thank you information.

December 9, 2014
12:43 pm
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If it is your first Android phone, it should be good enough. I was using a Huawei Y300 which more or less has the same specs. The default home screens were awful, loaded with crapware, and it slowed everything down. Once I switched to nova launcher, the screens were much more zippy.

I ran a few programs, mapping apps, browsers, VOIP, etc. They all ran competently. Nothing super smooth, but nothing horridly laggy either.
There is no compass, which was not a big deal, especially if you use a solar/lunar compass like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cepmuvakkit.compasslite

And it plays Angry Birds! :) Only game I installed though.

Let's hope you are paying less than $58. No point in getting ripped off on Kijiji. http://www.visions.ca/catalogu.....ku=BASCEND

It only costs less than $5 to unlock.