MTN Steppa

[Palladin1979]

Does anyone know what actual brand the steppa is? It surely comes from china and would like to find out if i can root it should i get one and load a custom rom?

 

[rpm]

The MTN Steppa is based on a Qualcomm Reference Design, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It is custom built for MTN.

More here: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/smartphones/95627-mtn-steppa-android-smartphone-for-r499.html

 

[Palladin1979]

The MTN Steppa is based on a Qualcomm Reference Design, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It is custom built for MTN.

More here: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/smartphones/95627-mtn-steppa-android-smartphone-for-r499.html

Thanks, ive seen all the available pages, was just wondering if i could get a review on gsmareana but cant find anything thats not local and biased to the positive. Im looking to buy one purely to use as a portable hotspot for my laptop

 

[JoE]

For Chinese devices try to find out what the chipset brand is and go with that. It's worked on my media player but do it at your own risk as there's no easy way to recover.

 

[I.am.Sam]

Palladin, can that be done ?

use it as a hotspot ?

 

[RichardG]

For the price you pay it is value for money the only turnoff about this phone is the MTN bloatware

 

[sajunky]

Some say Huawei Y220 R449 is better phone despite of lower RAM.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/592806

Originally Posted by cavedog:
So I wanted to go a buy the MTN Steppa smartphone but it was sold out at pep so I tried Jet stores next door and they had but I saw something else that I ended off buying.

I present the Huawei Ascent Y220

http://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_ascend_y220-5921.php

Its retailing @ Jet,CNA,Edgars and all TFG stores[totalsports,markham,mat&may,fochini,duesouth,sport scene] for R549

There are 2 models being sold @ the Edcon stores[Jet,Edgars,CNa,Legit,Red Square,Boardmans]

MTN sells the one with 1 wcdma simcard slot and it comes with a 4GB memory card in the box. The other one is on Telkom Mobile and is the dual sim version with the exact same specs but has 1 wcdma sim slot and 1 gsm only sim slot.

I bought the 1 on MTN cause they did not have stock of the one with Telkom Mobile. Very impressed with this phone. It even has the Huawei TS9 plug for a external antenna if you remove the back cover.

Now I actually want to compare cause its a win lose situation....

MTN Steppa = R499
Huawei Y220 =R549

*MTN steppa 512mb RAM where the Huawei only has 256mb
*MTN steppa has a 1Ghz single core CPU where the Huawei has a 1Ghz dual core cpu
*MTN steppa supports both 900Mhz and 2100Mhz HSDPA 7.2Mbps and the Huawei supports 21.5Mbps HSDPA on both 900Mhz and 2100Mhz
*MTN steppa has A-GPS where the Huawei does not have A-GPS

As you can see its a win some lose some with a price difference of just R50 its hard to make a decision

Here is the huawei Ascent Y220 specs

http://cdn2.gsmarena.com/vv/pics/hua...end-y220-1.jpg

http://2share.co.za/Files/huaweiy220.png

 

[Palladin1979]

Palladin, can that be done ?

use it as a hotspot ?

Yes it can, i was at mtn today and spoke to their data desk over the phone, the guy said it can be used as a portable hotspot but internet connection cant be teathered via usb... not sure why the one but not the other.

 

[seanboland]

Some say Huawei Y220 R449 is better phone despite of lower RAM.
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/592806

The Huawei Y220 also only has a VGA camera, whereas the Steppa has a 2MP camera, albeit a poor one. That added to lower RAM and no GPS is a dealbreaker for me.

 

[seanboland]

Yes it can, i was at mtn today and spoke to their data desk over the phone, the guy said it can be used as a portable hotspot but internet connection cant be teathered via usb... not sure why the one but not the other.

The Steppa doesn't have the required modem drivers for it to be tethered via USB.