Neo hands-on with MWC lineup

UK and Dubai-based neo is at MWC this week with a collection of handsets giving us a peek into the now and what the company plans for the future. We take a few minutes with neo's Senior VP, Amjad Ali as he walks us through the ins and out of the tiny 808i, the neo Ellipse, the neo Steel, neo Flip, and the up and coming neo 909. The Ellipse and the 909 are the standouts in the group, what with the really slick design of the Ellipse and the potential Androidness and maybe even 3G coming to the potential redesign of the 909. These sets all live in Asian markets now and that's well reflected in the pricing and features, but we're always enthused to see folks making a solid effort to bring something interesting to the lower-end market. Follow on for a gallery of the sets and a video hands-on interview.

Neo hands-on with MWC lineup

[takemori Posted Feb 18th 2009 1:23PM]

Bang & Olufsen feel? Those guys got every thing about design way wrong... It is not the decoration or form just to make people wonder whet the hell is it... every single of their models looks like it is a Chinese ZTE or Haier at its worst with some twist...

[loosescrew Posted Feb 18th 2009 5:26PM]

The keypad is very RAZR-esque.

[HereAndNow Posted Feb 19th 2009 6:44AM]

Cool! It would be great, it they offered them with Android. I'm looking for a stylish handset running Android.

Since Android is open source, Neo could tailor the UI for the desired Neo "look-and-feel", while giving their users access to all the applications in the Android market at the same time. Win-win!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 8:34AM]

Wow, this guy looks stressed. Is this how a Vice President of a serious Mobile Company should Look. He looks more of a BMW Car Salesman if you ask me. As far as the Mobiles go, these will never come to the Market. The Neo 808i does sell worldwide, the Ellise looks like a Banana and the others are just dummy samples like all the other wanna be Phone Companies , that make us wait 4ever an nothing happens.

What did he say his Name was Ali, looks like a louis or Brad if you ask me

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:38AM]

NEO? Interesting, especially what that Guy Ali told. There is another comment above telling about China copies from ZTE and Haier, I think NEO is worse, they have even a NEO STEEL or better NEO STEAL, because that is the design of YuHuaTel in Shanghai, a real design house. Believe NEO shall be careful these people in Shanghai don't make jokes. 8GB SD Card memory? Well every Engineer knows what this Guy is talking, Nonesense.
His new NEO Flip, Yes looks like RAZR, but worse it is a copy of a copy of a chinese copy. Even their "old" 808, is a copy of a copy of a chinese Company from 2007, which NEO then copied with the help of another chinese company. I hope 3 GSM shows some genuin Mobile Phones and designs, otherwise i wasted my money to go and visit 3 GSM. Robert Germany

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 12:04PM]

weren't these looser with brightpoint at one point , looks like cheap chinese makers

who would be anything from this guy

Nice Hair dude

what providers have this phone, it sells in Bangkok for 35 Us dollars

who are these nobodies that want to KILL Phones

does this guy know how a buissness man talks

good luck with android , where is this arab gonna sell on the Las Vegas Strip ?

better stick to selling cars

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 19th 2009 11:19PM]

Dear All, You have all a point, but You don't know the "NEO" Story. We are a large China Software Group, so I can tell You, all these "NEO" designs the strange looking guy shows, are copies, as the original Software designed by a very reliable manufacturer in China, these "NEO" people never paid for the Source Code. Instead they threatened people with methods a decent business entity never would even consider, they are just some more loosers. I personally use the original NEO 808, and it is an excellent phone, coming from an excellent factory. Now what these NEO guy shows in his interview, he should be ashamed of, copies, "NEO STEEL"? better call "NEO STEAL". Good Luck to them.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 20th 2009 5:40AM]

Kyocera Neo E1100

that is worth looking at

I have been in Barcelona 3 days Now , and besides the endless wanna be , i could not find an Independent Company that was worth looking at

I had high hopes for Neo as I own the orginal 808i, but after their sales poeple seem to have no Knowledge when it comes to 3g or chipsets , i ask myself what they are doing their


other new handset , liek the beamer or the bio degradable handsets are nothing new as far as concepts

and the one company that i was looking forward to seeing was neoi, but they emailed me and said they will be in Hannover and at the 3gsm next year

maybe then i will finally see what a real compoany looks like