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I've been using the Moto G on T-Mobile for roughly 1 month and have nothing but great things to say about it. Fast, no bloatware, screen is brilliant, right size, available on all carriers (I believe). Best sub-$200 phone I've come across that feels state of the art.

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> Best sub-$200 phone I've come across that feels state of the art.

Coolpad 7320 (bought for $139!, 5.5'') and Coolpad F1 (5'') are better for me.

- Faster

- Much better camera

- Dual sim. Very important for me because I can use free unlimited internet on secondary card.

- MicroSD

- Bigger screen space - no Android buttons bar on bottom.

- Same high quality. Coolpad is 6th biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world.

I compared my Coolpad 7320 with real (hands on) Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and it's quite similar.

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I could be wrong, but Coolpad looks large (like a Note) whereas Moto G is small and easy to operate with one hand - which I prefer. Also, when I Google Coolpad 7320 my purchase options are eBay or AliExpress - and that's fine for many people, but I like to recommend a phone to a customer that they can walk into a retail store or Amazon and get easily. There's something to be said for that.

new Moto G: 70.7 x 141.5 x 10.99mm, 149g

Coolpad F1: 71.5 x 141 x 9.3 mm, 151g

The new Moto G is larger than the old version (129.9 mm (5.11 in) H; 65.9 mm (2.59 in) W; 11.6 mm (0.46 in) D).

Anyone who downvoted bvvv want to say why? I probably would buy a Moto G over a Coolpad model personally, but his/her comment is topical, polite, and provides justification.

Maybe because the original post mentioned "right size" (so 4.5") and the smallest Coolpad is 5". Also, I wouldn't consider importing a chinese phone and buying a phone from Amazon or a physical store to be comparable. Good luck with your warranty on you chinese import, good luck with the roms to get a translation, etc... Maybe down-voters thought the same. Not the same category. If you go to the chinese import way, then there are many, many phones comparable to this "Coolpad".

How about android OS updates and unlockable bootloaders?

Coolpad F1 has KitKat update. Coolpad 7320 is still on 4.2.2. Bootloader is fine, to install custom ROM just press volume up and power and select .zip from SD card.

The new Moto G has MicroSD, too.

I hope you're right because I just ordered one based off what you said :)

Cool. I don't think you can be disappointed.

It works great. Screen, battery, wifi, GPS, and 3G signals are good. No crashes.

PS. 1. Speaker volume can be increased with MTKTools. 2. Root with latest version of Chinese VRoot (not english version). 3. USB disk doesn't show up in Windows for me, instead I use Total Commander with ADB plugin. 4. New Coolpad F2 will be better, with very fast MT6595.

Where is the best place to get deals on these phones?

How does this phone compare to other primarily Asian market phones like the Xiaomi Redmi?

7 hour old account, his only post is this one, advertising a phone.

Very likely a astroturfer working for Coolpad (not too say that the phone isn't better or worse than Moto G).

How much usable space is there on the 16GB model? I'd pay an extra $49-99 for 32GB

My 8GB has 5.52GB total space in the Storage menu. Make of that what you will.

It supports sd cards, so you'd have to pay significantly less than that.

You can get a 256GB MX100 ssd for $105. Those prices for mobile storage space is ridiculous.

My last Year Moto G model had around 13.2 GB available space

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