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I wouldn't pay $5 for this phone now that I know. I have never had so many complaints about call quality from the person on the other end of the line. The internet doesn't work right, I could never even get it to download my email. By the way, you can only have it check 1 email account. You can set up more than one, but only one can be "active". The GMail app is useless! The keyboard doesn't come up when you tap the login field, so there is no way to log in for GMail. The other Google apps they put on the phone go to the Chinese version, some have the option to use go to English site, some do not. The accelerometer doesn't even work, it only uses landscape mode for pictures and videos. I bought this phone for the sole purpose to be a temporary phone (a couple months max until the hot new Android phone comes out) to test/try out using Android and decide if I can get used to a design without a physical keyboard... this is NEITHER. THIS IS NOT ANDROID. IT IS A FAKE OS TO LOOK LIKE ANDROID. You can't even add icons to the home pages. And as mentioned earlier, the keyboard does not even rotate to landscape, and is tiny, not finger friendly. This is a stylus phone (built-in on the side), not really conducive to touch except for navigating through menus and settings... which I did A LOT trying to make the thing work. Bottom line.. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. My "temporary" phone lasted me a week, now I'm back to my crappy Windows Mobile phone (ATT 8525) until I decide on which REAL Android device to get.Read full review
The phone is clearly NOT Android based, though its software emulates the system pretty well. I have no problems with bluetooth or wi-fi network connections. Operation is pretty flawless despite the fact that it is so cheap. The only two drawbacks I would account for are: 1. Cannot synchronize the phone with a PC, making contact management quite difficult. 2. Does not support that many extra applications. 3. Camera function is pretty poor. 4. Will not upload all Internet apps. If you can do without these functions then this is a pretty good phone at an excellent price.
As a texter, it is a good phone. Not that amazing, because the keyboard does lag often and its hard to just go back. As a talker and texter, the battery is good. If you talk a lot, it wouldn't be the best phone. When you charge the phone and try to activate the touch, it is slow and sometimes doesn't even sence your touch. If you talk while charging, hang up and unplug and be on your way, the phone really doesn't charge. But overall, it's an OK phone. As of features, I don't really use it, so I wouldn't be able to help onn that.
It is a sleek looking phone with great battery life. The phones interface is supposed to be copied from the google "android" interface. The phone is very slow, and the on-screen keyboard is so small you can't use it without a stylus pen. It is a difficult, and at times, confusing phone. I chose to get it because i looked efficient, and durable. The manual that came with the phone was for the actual Google phone, and was of no help with the Xinrong phone. It seems more like it would be used for a palm pilot than a cell phone. Overall I was disappointed in it.
I cracked the screen on my old p168c and needed a new phone. I wanted one with wifi so I thought I would try the G2 "clone". The 168 was a nice phone but didn't have wifi. The dream g2 is not an android and even though is comes with google maps, etc. I couldn't get any of them to work. If you try changing the language from Chinese to English on these apps it tells you that the app is not available. The phone itself is very nice. Well built with a good feel and easy to operate. It has a nice touch screen and will run lots of java apps. Battery life is much better than most phones and you get 2 batteries with the phone. The sound through the stereo headphones is not bad for a phone. Where the g2 is lacking is in the reception area. The reception is very bad, and erratic. When in a large city it isn't too bad, but on the highway - well good luck. I was within 100 yards of a cell tower on my last trip and noticed I had no bars, then about 100 feet down the road I would have 3 bars. I don't think I have ever seen 4 bars. At my home I have no bars and "no service". In summery, not a bad phone if you live in a large city and want to use free wifi. If you live in the country it is a crap shoot as to reception. If the reception was as good as it was on my p168 this would be an exceptional phone.Read full review
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