Gigabyte's 'Codfish' Android phone comes to Portugal as the 'Boston'

We doubt Bostonians appreciate being cast as obsolete, cheap, or chock-full of plastic -- but for whatever reason, Portuguese carrier Optimus has recently started offering Gigabyte's so-called Codfish as the Boston (not to say the name "Codfish" is any more accurate). The phone's actually not a bad way to get into Android cheaply, we suppose, featuring a 3.2-inch display, WiFi, Bluetooth, and a 5 megapixel camera for €160 (about $201) -- but the problem we see is that Android 1.6 is looking awfully long in the tooth at this point, particularly for a newly-released device. With any luck, Optimus can swiftly deliver an update, lest Boston's good name be sullied any longer than it needs to be.

[Thanks, SmoothMarx]

[ijcopon925 Posted Jul 5th 2010 4:51PM]

This phone looks a lot like the Motorola XT502 "Greco".

[Sippeecup Posted Jul 5th 2010 4:58PM]

If this is the 'Boston', I don't even want to know what the 'Baltimore' is going to look like. AMIRITE?

...*sigh*

[Barguast Posted Jul 5th 2010 8:06PM]

Huh? What was wrong with 'Codfish'?

[AppleAndroid Posted Jul 5th 2010 10:16PM]

nokia must be worried at these cheap android phones. It is getting screwed at top-end by Apple, and at middle and bottom end by Android. Nokia do something soon, we all love you too much to see you fade away. Nokia has the best hardware, best battery, best camera etc on phones. You lack software Nokia, please use Android.

[Sniggih Posted Jul 6th 2010 5:57PM]

Im not really a Codfish type of guy.... let's just leave it there. (L: