A Look Ahead at the Redesigned, Android-Based Kogan Agora

Some additional details are starting to come out on the second version of the Kogan Agora, an upcoming Android-based smartphone.

Kogan announced late last year that it was going to release the Agora, and even began taking pre-orders for it. However, the company decided to nix the device several weeks before the scheduled debut, saying that it needed to be redesigned.

Ruslan Kogan, the founder of this Australian device maker and retailer, said at that time, "One of the potential issues is the screen size and resolution. It seems developers will be creating applications that are a higher resolution than the Agora is currently capable of handling.

He clearly wasn't kidding around. The original version of the Agora would have had a 2.5-inch, QVGA screen, but Kogan representatives have revealed to Gizmodo that the redesigned model will have a 3.8-inch touchscreen. There is no word yet on the resolution of this display.

It will drop the original plan for a hardware keyboard in favor of an on-screen one that will be part of an upcoming version of Android.

Kogan continues to promise that the Agora Mark II will be on the market in the near future. This retailer was taking pre-orders for the original model from around the world, and this will probably be true for the second model as well.

More About the Kogan Agora
The Agora will come with the standard suite of Android software, much of which ties in to Google's online services, like Gmail and Google Maps.

It will be sold as an unlocked GSM phone, which means customers from a wide variety of wireless carriers will be able to insert their SIM card and use it.

Kogan was asking less than $200 for original version of the Agora, but it is not yet known if the redesigned version will be more expensive.

Source: Gizmodo