Aside from the thinness of the device, some of the design cues, like the light-up strip for the menu buttons, reminded us a little of Sony's old Xperia handsets, which we always had a soft spot for. Being a budget device, alas, there's no LTE modem, and instead users will be forced to suck down data on HSPA+. Of course, the star here is the CPU, and while we weren't able to put this device through the normal barrage of benchmarks that we use in our reviews, a casual run-through revealed that it was a lot more responsive than other devices that we've seen at this price. The 50c Oxygen will launch in April, around the same time as its phablet-sized brother, priced at €230 ($320).

Sharif Sakr swore off the all-you-can-eat buffet during this report.