Previously, we featured the TORQUE D90 that comes with all the basics you’d expect to find in a low end mobile phone. Then comes its little brother, the D80 (again, not to be confused with Nikon’s once famous DSLR camera).

They both look the same. Heck, the specs look almost the same. So here are the minute differences between the two:
Both have DUAL SIM / standby functions. The D90 has a bigger screen, at 1.8 inches, whereas the D80 comes with a 1.5 inch screen. Both come with FM Radio functions. The D80 does not have a camera. Instead it comes …read more

Don’t mistake this for Nikon’s DSLR! Chinese manufacturer TORQUE has released the D90, a dual SIM / dual Standby mobile phone. It comes with FM Radio, a 1.3MP camera, GPRS, MMS, microSD card, Bluetooth with A2DP support.

For an affordable mobile phone, the D90 is elegant to the touch and light. A small note — when phone manufacturers say that a phone is “dual SIM” enabled, you need to check if it is also dual standby enabled. This simply means that despite being a dual SIM phone, the other SIM is active while the current SIM is processing information. For instance, …read more

OK boys and girls we’ve got a line up of China phones for you for the end of the week special. I’ll probably be featuring a few Torque phones in the next few days so stay tuned. I wanted to show off this little thing — the Torque DTV100, an odd looking fella with the keypad and directional pad located right beside one another. Though it may raise questions of “handedness” and being politically correct, I don’t think anyone will complain.

The DTV100’s special thing is that it comes with a dual standby, dual SIM feature allowing two SIM cards to …read more

I’ve just been handed a China made TORQUE C100, their entry level phone that has both Bluetooth and a VGA camera. But the most peculiar feature of the C100 is that the battery it uses is exactly the same as th BL-5C batts from Nokia. Interesting.

The logic behind this is simple. In the entry level market, spare parts are always in demand, and knowing that the TORQUE C100’s battery is compatible with the BL-5C makes finding accessories easier. I don’t think there’s any exclusive use clause for the battery, none I’m aware of. [source]

They’re not ashamed to show it off, …read more