Gigabyte GSmart G1317 Rola

  • Released 2011, April
    116g, 13.3mm thickness
    Android 2.2
    512MB 256MB RAM storage, microSD slot
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  • 3.2"
    240x400 pixels
  • 3MP
    Video recorder
  • 256MB RAM
    Snapdragon S1
  • 1260mAh
    Li-Ion

Gigabyte GSmart G1317 Rola - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100 - SIM 1 only
  HSDPA 850 / 2100 - SIM 1 only
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2010, November. Released 2011, April
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 113.5 x 60 x 13.3 mm (4.47 x 2.36 x 0.52 in)
Weight 116 g (4.09 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Mini-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 3.2 inches, 29.1 cm2 (~42.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 400 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~146 ppi density)
 
Platform OS Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7225 Snapdragon S1
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11
GPU No
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 512MB 256MB RAM
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP, EDR
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Browser HTML
 MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/WMV/H.264 player
Organizer
Office document viewer
Voice memo
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 1260 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 115 h
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min
Misc Colors Glossy Black, Glossy White
Price About 130 EUR

Gigabyte GSmart G1317 Rola - User Reviews

  • after Root ,last rom and only 1 sim active - normal talk 10-15 min a day,some wifi - 5 days up stand by / uninstall google talk,map,search, youtube, and etc./

  • Poor baterry.24 h without internet and wi-fi.just stand by.I buy this telephone of 6 months.Poor telephone.

  • total ram : 156.12 mb total rom : 202 mb info : android assistant

  • very, very poor battery life, even with no wi-fi, gps and 3g internet connection active and most of the nonesential apps shut down, the most i could get out of it are 30 hours between recharches with 2 hours of talk time. I can not imagine why phone manufacturers tend to lie in their phone specs. The battery is nowhere near the 115 hours stand by time or 5 hours talk time. If you have no problem with that, a very good dual sim phone for a fair price.

  • it depend on user... if u use one hand... never will back

  • Display has only 256k scales (no 16M)

  • (I am talking about G1317D as I read that this link may point to that phone actually; it is the one with resistive touch screen) After 4 months the display got some strange liquid inside its sheets (like oily rainbow colours) without being wet or other interaction. (sitting in the pocket just like that) and this rendered the phone completely unusable. I don;t know if anyone is interested in this phone, but I�ll keep you posted whether the warranty will work (the phone must have no signs of damage � and of course, in time, some damage became visible � now it depends on severity of interpretation). This piece of information will only help people from Romania that are clients of Importer Omnisoft S.R.L. though.

  • i have trouble with the touchscreen i think i calibrate him allmoust 5 to 15 time a day it s apoor touchscreen i press a button and he activate at the other corner of the screen it is not a very good phone

  • Mr. Vali, i want 1310 - i sent ur site email several times. i need to know details before placing an order. does the cost at ur site includes shipping overseas? thanks in advance. Does any one knows where i can get 1310 online??? thanks for any reply

  • Hi everybody, I don't intend to do a review for this phone so I write this under the discussion tab. I think you should be all warned about something - the call quality of this phone is extremely poor. The fact is that during a call quality drops below the limit at which one can understand the other. This happens at least for several seconds on *every* 5 min call. Sometimes echo appear, sometimes the volume drops (It's not in the software volume but something about the antenna) The speaker is also a very poor experience. I owned 3 phones before this (2x simens and a nokia e50) and neither of them was as bad as this one (and the nokia was very good actually) but none were dual sim also. The rest Of the phone features are pretty much as one could expect form a phone in this price category, though I never had an touch screen smart phone before so I'm not in the position to compare. It helps me a lot that this phone is dual sim, but was this a single sim in trade of 33% cheaper, say, I would be extremely pissed off. Hope this helps somebody, good luck in your decision. Update: The problem with the call quality is not that bad after another restart (in loosing frames, etc, the call quality remains bad, though usable); it seems the os was also involved. I found out, however, that if the signal is half or worse (2 lines out of four) the voice call is loosing frames (above half of them are lost) (This is still not solved for me) Another problem would be the battery that lasts only 1 day and a half. The rest of the features work fine, although I have not tested them all. (There could be problems with bluetooth I heard but I'm not using it so I wouldn't know)

  • Mr. Vali, the phone you are seling is not G1310 ! You are seling G1317D , with resistive touchscreen and smaller resolution as G1310

  • have this phone for 6 days; screen does not impress me, not as sensitive as it should be, and the battery last no more than 24 hours with normal use, no wireless and no gps activated. does anyone have the same problems?

  • Does any have a weblink to purchase this phone internationally? Preferably the UMT/HSPA 3g 850/1900 version

  • it's a good phone to bad that the battery holds only one day a have the phone by allmost 2 weeks

  • dot it two weeks. very poor sound (while listening music with my KOSS headphones..), sometimes it restarts for no reason. besides that it is a good buy

  • looks good

  • Are there no reviews of this phone yet? Isn't the model that gigabyte released is g1317D With a "D" in it? and color black.

  • Resistive or capacitive? G1310 seems to have a capacitive screen. And I have seen on a Chinese website that even G1317 is capacitive - is that a mistake?

  • poor and low sound ..

  • Does anyone know if this cell phone can be imported into the United States?

  • We have this phone for almost 10 days now. We ship worldwide. Already we sold a few pcs to Italy.... the price is 200 euros including transport. > for more info

  • does sim 1 have 2G 850/900/1800/1900 and 3G 850/900/2100 and sim 2 850/900/1850/1900 and no 3G. I really want to know if both sims are 2G Quad band because i want to use for 2G sims only the specs say sim 1 (WCDMA) sim 2 (GSM)

  • I can buy it in Poland for around 200..205 EUR (VAT included).

  • I read several announces to buy this phone in Italy, with prices of about 250 euro. Isn't too much? Any other announce?

  • "NOTE: Cautions of Usage: 1. Only ONE SIM card exist at one time when making phone call or internet browsing. 2. Network supporting: (a). SIM 1: 3G (WCDMA) (b). SIM 2: 2G (GSM)" Just like S1205, when making a call thru sim1, sim2 is inactive and if someone like to call you on sim2, during this time, he will hear the annoying voice that says that you are out of range, or the phone is switched off. I think the manufacturer has just this in mind. But, I hope not. I'm waiting for the preview to see wath it really is.

  • how & where can i buy it? i am in dubai. from where can it be shipped & how to place the order? anybody please help!!!

  • Out now Official press release:

  • If u want to buy a "3G phone with Dual sim", this is the phone with great features. U can rarely find these types of phones. I like & will buy this phone because of the above reasons. Lots of improvement is needed in this category. Thanks to gigabyte for introducing. Is this phone is smartphone?

  • looking at the latest pics, looks like it has a secondary camera, can anybody confirm??

  • Does anybody know if there is a difference between that one here and this one - No more "Rola"?

  • Good I want the mine... when came to sell?

  • hai this is a good

  • This video could be fake I still doubt the existence of the 3 new models, fingers crossed.

  • can it record conversations?

  • Today we were informed that due to some ROM updates, the launch of G1317 will be postpone for 30th of April.

  • where can I find this phone , if somebody know pls let us know thanks

  • pl let me know where i have to buy gigabyte mobiles . i am very much interested.

  • What about Gsmart G1315 SKATE? It is better than G1317 ROLA and is on sale in Ukraine. There is only information in russian. Does enybody know if the product will be available in Bulgaria or Europe? ­

  • 170 euro in Bulgaria:

  • What is your local distributor ?

  • rumours in Poland say the release date is around 15 March 2011

  • Launch date in Bulgaria - 7th of April - it`s offical information from the local distributor

  • any rummors about the release date? when can we see some videos with this phone?

  • :| That`s way over the expected release date. I don`t know why but I don`t really trust you or your answer..

  • g1310 is expected around 10th of May.

  • Ohh, sorry I've noticed somebody ask this question before :-)

  • Do you have any info about the release date of G1310?

  • How do you know that? Do you know something about G1310 too??

  • We will start selling this phone around 15th of March when it`s the officialy launch. No way that it will be found before this date for sure - if you look for a real G1317 of course.

  • How exactly do you know it is 21 feb? Something official?

  • This phone is taking way too long to be released.

  • Is it out for sale anywhere ???

  • pre-sale means you can order it now, but you need to wait with the actual delivery until official release which in this case is scheduled for Feb-21, 2011

  • So what is this "pre-sale" meaning?

  • In Poland you can buy it on pre-sale in RTV Euro (euro.com.pl)

  • Are there any news on this phone from MWC 2011? It would be nice to get a heads up as my primary device just got fried!

  • Hello migotka21 , could you please give the link where this phone is to buy in Poland ? Thanks

  • Would anyone exactly know if this phone is capacitive or resistive touch screen. as we could see in the spec here is resistive touch.

  • A better deal for sure. Here (in Poland) the price is higher and no memory card so far.

  • This phone will be launched in Bulgaria end of February. Price will be around 165-170 euros with 2 GB micro sd included.

  • Available in Poland, price 800 PLN (205EUR) but it's a new mobile so I suppose next month should cost 150-180 EUR.

  • Where to buy it? I would like to buy it directly !

  • this phone has been delivered in any country?

  • Price in Rupees : Rs.14945 � (Rs.15543 with VAT) Price in Dollar : $237 � $260 Price in Euro : 175 � 192 (Euro) Price in Pound : 148 � 163 (Pound) Price in Rubble : 7117 � 7625 (Rubble) Price in Yen : 19769 � 21350 (Yen)

  • Happy new year ! Can you put the URL where you found the battery test ? On what data specifically do you base your judgement ?

  • I dont know about audio quality,

  • can't wait for this phone :)

  • I'm so disappointed about BATTERY!!! this is a great phone but I guess it will have bad talk time! hope to find it in iran...

  • its processor is not much impressive but overall its nice phone.

  • price is 175 euros :D

  • @Tomgirl9, I guess the data transfer speed shown under 3G is a typo. The number is excruciatingly low and hard to believe. I second your thoughts about the resistive screen and believe this one will be a hit amongst dual sim users considering the limited # of handsets available in this category.

  • The 3G is extremely low! WRT the TFT res screen .... I understand its bad compared to capacitive but is it really that bad? Samsung a leader in dual sim phones has 1 of d best touch screen phones (b5722)also using TFT resistive touch screen! I expect dis phone 2 shake Samsung roots as d leader!

  • lari, you absolutely read my mind. We can only hope eventually such a phone will appear, but until then, this Gigabyte seems to be the best thing in the world of dual-sim.

  • Hurray - this is the way from my first move from dualsim phone (one Chinese coolpad) to one with android (now I'm on third) I wait one android dualsim with following minimum specs: medium high budget Amoled capacitive display - high resolution cpu >1G mem >8G external SD to support at least 16G - bigger is better dualsim WiFi Bluetooth - for stereo headphones and BT file transfer and play to incar audio system GPS usb easy holding in car - almost all smartphones lack in this feature mainly because of the usb plug SAR < 1 as "non so important" feature Flash led - extremely handy as torch FM radio digital camera with 3x oprical zoom and hardware optical stabilizer

  • Totally agree. I've been waiting for a dual sim on Android since I saw the S1205 out, but I think that the processor doesn't provide enough power for my smartphone needs. I'll wait for a clear benchmark on the Froyo, I heard it's better optimized than the previous versions, so maybe it's enough. Cheers

  • TFT resistive touchscreen... it's very bad((

  • just check its 3G capacity, n its touch screen too... v.poor.

  • Very attractive from the data sheet. My choice because of the two sim cards. But will it be available in Germany. It would be a hit, but are they capable to provide the necessary production capacities?

  • nice good working from gigabyte we gigabyte is better then HTC ... this is my iphone+galaxy+desire+x10 whatever . i will buy this phone

  • Nice phone for a nice price. Hope it will available in indonesia too. This phone will be a hit for sure.

  • Great move by Gigabyte. The only cons I see here are resistive screen and 528 MHz processor. Overall the best handset in the category of dual sim phones.

  • I'm counting down to purchase this phone with its great features and dual sim support. I have 3 active sim card to support my customers, so I can put twice of them into this handset and also use its professional features like any other single sim cell phones.

  • This is the way to go, Androit with dual sim. very very good

  • It willl for sure a best seller!! Great specs for a low budget!!Top!!