T-Mobile is gearing up to launch a budget handset for
the smallest of budgets. The Coolpad Defiant will not defy your expectations
for an entry-level handset, but can be just the backup phone you're looking for
in times of peril. However, T-Mo will have to price it really low if it wants
to present it as a compelling offer.
That's because the Defiant works on hardware we have
long moved on from. Its 5-inch display has the grainy resolution of 480 x 854;
the processor is a modest Snapdragon chipset with 1GB RAM, and the storage
space is a puny 8GB. There's a 5MP camera on the rear and a 2MP cam up front.
The phone runs Android Nougat, which Google should consider congratulatory –
Android is finally lean enough to work proper on low-end hardware.
In an era where a phone like the Alcatel A30 can be
had for US$ 99, the Defiant appears wholly obsolete. But if T-Mobile wants to sell
it, there's probably a market for it. At least the Defiant has a cooler name
than 99% of electronic devices out there.
