The Apple iPhone doesn't say "Foxconn" or "Hon Hai" anywhere on the phone or the description, either, so I'm not sure what there is to be suspicious of.
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Virgin Mobile gets it's first 5" Smartphone
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The Apple iPhone doesn't say "Foxconn" or "Hon Hai" anywhere on the phone or the description, either, so I'm not sure what there is to be suspicious of.
boyo1991
Android Enthusiast
Ugh if only I would have started saving earlier lol!
GreyCelt
Well-Known Member
It must've been a one day sale because the VM site I'm looking at shows it still at $249. Original price of $299 with $50 off.
rickyx32
Well-Known Member
Having used the Sprint Vital for a while until it died on me after a short span of almost a month and two days, I'm almost hesitant to say that you're even getting your money's worth. I'd stay clear from reviews people claiming that this phone is great after only owning it for a mere week... If the phone hadn't just died on me I'd say that it would be an okay Android smartphone for newcomers and seniors. The UI is pretty much stock Android so it's not complicated or cluttered and the large screen is good for people who want something bigger because of their eyesight. The camera is mediocre especially for a 13MP, my HTC One V (5MP) and S3 (8MP) take better pictures and videos with less artifacts or low light graininess. Battery life is pretty mediocre too considering that it died up to two hours earlier than the S3 on a typical work day even though the Supreme's battery is 2500mAh and the S3's is 2100mAh. Call quality is also not something this phone excels at either, sometimes I felt like I was back to using a shitty flip-phone having to repeat myself. If you're an experienced and heavy user 1GB of ram just wont cut it. Something I disliked a lot from the days of owning the One V was the lack of RAM and having to manage it to no avail. They cut corners with the Supreme using only 8GB of internal storage and 1GB of RAM, and apparently cheap and inefficient components. Perhaps more importantly for power users is that you just won't get any ROM developer support for this phone, much less any OTA updates from Sprint or VM. The S3 with 2GB's of RAM and excellent components and 16GB for internal storage and great developer support is a much better future proof investment and won't leave you dead in the water. I'd wait for Black Friday/Cyber Monday and buy and S3 if I were you.
gogomouse1
Well-Known Member
You missed my point - on the VM website, they don't list the manufacturer of the phone.... the S3 is a Samsung, the iPhone 5 is an Apple, the Optimus is an LG.
But nowhere do they say this phone is made by ZTE, because they know ZTE has a reputation as a very low end phone.
Apple is not the manufacturer of the iPhone - and nowhere on the phone itself nor on Apple's website does it disclose who manufactures the iPhone for Apple. By your logic, the iPhone is a "very low end phone" because the name of the manufacturer is not on the phone. That makes no sense.
When you approach a manufacturer wanting private label goods, they will work to your budget. If you go cheap, you'll get a mediocre product. If you go big, you'll get a better product. If Sprint wanted this phone to have a better camera, for example, that could have been accommodated if Sprint had been willing to fund the development work and/or guarantee a minimum order size sufficient to justify the extra costs. The manufacturer just does as their carrier clients want and you get what the carrier is willing to pay for.
Dejmeister
Newbie
Probably not until after the holidays. The Supreme is $100 off on the vm website right now