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Kogan’s new Agora smartphone gets a face lift just before release

15 December 2008 by Staff Editor


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Not long after we receive word that Kogan is releasing the Agora Pro powered by Google’s Android, we are now reporting that the handset has received a bit of a facelift since we first saw it. More details after the jump.

There is not too much of a change, just making the phone wider and the screen a little bit wider.  Just what everyone in the world wants out of a phone. Sure the d-pad is reworked, but we have lost the softkeys all together. I’m not sure about you, but I would rather have a larger screen than a widescreen. Lets just hope that there are not many more changes made to this phone with the shipping date coming up soon. What do you guys think about the changes? Is cutting a little off the bottom of the screen really justifiable to make it appear as a widescreen?

[Via Kogan]

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  1. Eh!

    Still not impressed
  2. I kinda like it. Im deffenitly not gonna be getting it but it looks pretty enough
  3. it just reminds me of a blackberry, or the dash, which i dont hate, it looks like a nice phone. i wish the dash wouldve been touch screen haha
  4. Hm... that image looks like it's just been stretched. One of the clocks is not circular.
  5. That was my thought exactly...

    "Looks just like the Blackberry"
  6. I really think it was that wide to start with. As everyone keeps pointing out the initial image is compressed inward. Either way its a decent looking phone... I just don't like all that wasted real estate of black plastic that could essentially be more visible screen area.

    Either way nice to see another Android handset... and I can't lie.. i'm not disappointed at this thing not being able to blow the G1 out of the water.
  7. I can see it now, a whole new group of whingers coming into the forums complaining about the small screen size, how inconvenient it is to have to open the drawer to get to apps, not enough space on the Home screen, poor kinetic scrolling with fingertip dragging (it's a resistive screen), etc etc etc

    fook me.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Vincent View Post
    The Dash is still one of my all time most favorite smartphone. It wouldn't be a "Dash" if it had a touchscreen ---- would totally ruin it .
    If I had to use a Dash for more than 10 minutes, it'd be called a Smashed.
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