Aimed straight at the budget end of the market, Orange UK has announced the curiously monikered San Francisco, which is the company’s first own-branded Android phone.
Costing a mere £99 on Orange’s “Dolphin” pay-as-you-go plan, the ‘Frisco serves up a 3.2-megapixel camera, capacitive touchscreen and Android 2.1 Eclair.
Big screen
The screen is way better than you might expect at this price point, with the handset offering a rather sumptuous 800 x 480 pixels OLED number.
Connectivity boxes are also ticked off with WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and GPS onboard, along with 3G+ and an FM radio.
Storage
The storage cupboards are a little bare inside – there’s just 150MB of internal memory- but at least there’s a 2GB microSD card included, and you can upgrade the card right up to 32GB.
The Frisco can disco in your pocket with its slender 116 x 56.5 x 11.8mm dimensions, it weighs 130g, and offers 4hrs talktime or nine days standby.
Full specification list:
- Talk Time: 4 hours
- Standby Time: 9 days
- Weight: 130g
- Dimensions: 116 x 56.5 x 11.8
- Camera Features: 3 megapixel
- Connectivity: WiFi / Bluetooth / USB / SatNav
- Music: MP3 / FM Radio
- Network Band: Tri band
- Video: Messaging
- Memory: 150 MB internal / Up to 32gb Micro SD Card
- Email: POP3 / IMAP4
- Data Speed: 3G +
- Operating System: Android
- Version: Eclair v2.1
- Other: Orange WiFi, Your Account
- Applications and Features: Orange Maps, Orange Messenger by Windows Live, Orange App Store, Email, Orange Wednesdays
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Does the camera have a flash?
Doesn’t look like it – but whaddya expect for £99?!
A flash? Yeah I’m probeeraly expecting a bit much esp considering it has gps at that price. tmobile also have a £99 Android phone but i can’t look it up now as my internet is down and i’m posting from a not-very-smartphone.
(back to the joys of a proper PC)
It’s here http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/mobiles/mobile-phones/LG-OPTIMUS-GT540/PPAY#rdOverviewContentTab and available on T-Mobile and Orange for a ton, and O2 for a tenner more.
No flash on that either. I’m in a small minority but personally I won’t buy a phone without a light of some description- mobile internet is great, but my two most used features on any phone are Torch and Radio.
Rumours on the GiffGaff forums that the new XPERIA X8 is going to retail for £129.99 on O2.
http://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Other-Off-Topic/sony-Ericsson-Xperia-x8-released-next-week-129-99/td-p/94157
(still no flash on the camera though)