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Orange releases Android 2.1 smartphone for 99 |
Bonovox
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Orange have unveiled a new Android smart phone made by ZTE the San Srancisco for 99 running on Android 2.1. It features a 3.5 OLED capacitive touch screen,3.2 mega pixel camera with auto focus,Wi Fi etc & has a resemblance to a HTC phone. This is all for a mere 99 on pay & go & is now one of the many growing number of budget Android devices coming onto the market. See it here http://www.recombu.com/reviews/orange/san-francisco/ I am wondering what the screen res is at that size but I am not really into Android no more & this will have Orange branding all over it  How come these companies can release such 2.1 devices at such a cheap price yet  dither over updates 
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2010-09-21 18:59 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
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etaab
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Because they're cheap handsets, worth around 9, the other 90 is for the Android licence ?
Why can SE do not do the same ? come on this is SE you're talking about, an old fashioned scared of change stick in the mud kinda company.
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Bonovox
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9?? When you see the photo of the phone it looks like it says Sony Ericsson on the top of the handset 
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2010-09-21 20:20 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
Tsepz_GP
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Could it be that when SE began developing the UXP UI they only had 1.6 to work with, and so they made it for 854x480, Snapdragon hardware mix, 320x480, MSM hardware mix and 240x320, MSM hardware mix, all based on 1.6, put together the fact they are under resourced, and at the time low on cash they were not able to work on 2.1 at the time, i dont know, maybe im wrong.
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Bonovox
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Then why are their new models coming out like the X8 still not 2.1 or 2.2??
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Tsepz_GP
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I was refering to the X8 when i said 320x480, they worked on all of them at once as they all use UXP, and then released them as they finished, so they must have started at X10, then the Minis then the X8, they wanted to make a bang with the X10. They basicaly did it backwards compared to the other manufacturers. e.g Moto started of with mid to low ends THEN they brought the flagship Milestone, Samsung did the same with the Spica, then Galaxy S, this is all just from what im seeing, i could be wrong,it just seems SE's timing and strategy was not in sync with Google's OS update intervals like the manufacturers were.
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Bonovox
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Not sure the screen res of this Orange Google phone but I did see a video of it somewhere but I forgot where. It looked sharp anyway & at 3.5 inches it must be high res. Also I wonder what's powering it CPU wise & ram??
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Bonovox
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OK I tried to do the link to the video on Softpedia but it would not work  This is a screen shot anyway  OK just found out it runs on a 600mhz processor probably some cheap one unsure of battery.UPDATE: Screen res is 480x800
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hihihans
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Is this the LG optimus? Sold in Holland for 139 
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Bonovox
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No it's not LG
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etaab
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Lots of speculation but the answers are already there.
Its made by ZTE Corp, a chinese telecoms manufacturer. Ive heard of them before. See link.
And a video of the phone here.
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Bonovox
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Like HTC they are from far east
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etaab
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ZTE is a well known company over there. My sister had a ZTE phone when she worked in Japan. Then a DoCoMo, the first colour screen mobile phone id ever seen sometime back in 2000 / 01.
Im actually tempted by this San Francisco, ive used Android quite alot in recent months but never owned such a device.
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Bonovox
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I won't go Android again for reasons I would rather not debate but it is a great phone for the money. Lets hope the phone itself is good.What concerns me about Orange is for 5 per month you can get 250mb of data as an extra. But only on Dolphin or Monkey tariffs(stupid names) & if you get the free internet on top when you top up it's a paltry 100mb per MONTH. Come on Orange wakey wakey now surely you should know Android devices EAT data
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etaab
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I would never use such a phone as my main phone, i always prefer top end phones. So instead of debating, why not list why you wouldnt go with Android again ?
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