The new Orange Android phone (San Francisco) £99...but a Question??

flibbage0 · 27 Sep 2010 at 19:26

Was looking forward to this phone but then saw how laggy it was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDwgpdaDic

Maybe I am being too ambitious.

Still beats my Samsung Omnia.

gam3r · 27 Sep 2010 at 19:48

flibbage0 said:
Was looking forward to this phone but then saw how laggy it was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDwgpdaDic

Maybe I am being too ambitious.

Still beats my Samsung Omnia.

It's not actually that bad. Once you change the launcher to something like Launcher Pro, I imagine it would be much smoother than that.

I'm impressed.

sarge78 · 27 Sep 2010 at 20:10

flibbage0 said:
Was looking forward to this phone but then saw how laggy it was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSDwgpdaDic

Maybe I am being too ambitious.

Still beats my Samsung Omnia.

With live wallpaper and bloatware running in the background what do you expect?

gam3r · 27 Sep 2010 at 20:14

For £99 I don't think you can really go wrong.

A2Z · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:17

Now that it can be unlocked, Im going straight to Orange shop tomorrow morning

insane200 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:24

looks pretty good to me, so ive ordered my envolope for my hero and will send it off, should get 113 quid for it :cool:

anything-but · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:30

Used NCK and got my code within 10 mins for the tidy sum of $3!

Just had to add the O2 apn settings and now i`m free of orange.

insane200 · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:33

anything-but said:
Used NCK and got my code within 10 mins for the tidy sum of $3!

Just had to add the O2 apn settings and now i`m free of orange.

How does it feel ? and what did you come from.

anything-but · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:36

insane200 said:
How does it feel ? and what did you come from.

Well,it`s my 1st android phone so got no real point of reference,but its quite snappy,will be installing the r2: MoDaCo Custom ROM once i get the damm drivers sorted for win7 64bit!

PermaBanned · 27 Sep 2010 at 21:41

insane200 said:
looks pretty good to me, so ive ordered my envolope for my hero and will send it off, should get 113 quid for it

Damnit, why do you get so little for the i5700?

insane200 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:03

Superewza said:
Damnit, why do you get so little for the i5700?

In deed you do

i dont expect the full amount as it does have a small dint on the top.

Nymins · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:14

Woah it's unlocked now? Even more tempting. I'm assuming it will work ok on 3 if it's unlocked?

"andy" · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:16

insane200 said:
In deed you do i dont expect the full amount as it does have a small dint on the top.

They won't care ! The last few phones I sent to mazuma looked like they had survived the apocolypse. The terms usually just state the screens must work

insane200 · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:22

"andy" said:
They won't care ! The last few phones I sent to mazuma looked like they had survived the apocolypse. The terms usually just state the screens must work

Thats cool then, its not mazuma as they give less than 90 i think it was, ive gone for, http://www.money4urmobile.com/consumer/phoneSelected.asp?phoneID=2479&source=webgains&siteid=60809

anything-but · 27 Sep 2010 at 22:24

Now installed the MoDaCo custom rom,flashed no problem,but make sure if you go ahead you read the post correctly as some have rushed in and not read the info properly.

insane200 · 27 Sep 2010 at 23:03

anything-but said:
Now installed the MoDaCo custom rom,flashed no problem,but make sure if you go ahead you read the post correctly as some have rushed in and not read the info properly.

How does it feel now ? quicker, how does the overall build quality feel as well ?

anything-but · 27 Sep 2010 at 23:36

insane200 said:
How does it feel now ? quicker, how does the overall build quality feel as well ?

Back of the phone has a semi-rubber like feel to it,feels grippy and nice to hold.Buttons like you`d expect from a £100 phone i guess (no reference being 1st android!).
Seems the wifi has the iphone *grip and miss* symptoms but apart from that it`s a damn nice phone and i`m more than happy with it.

Info on the rom update lifted from MoDaCo...

Features

* Based on the OUK_P729BV1.0.0B05 ROM release
* Stock kernel
* Pre-rooted with su and Superuser Permissions by ChainsDD
* Built, tweaked and massaged with the MCR build process which boosts the speed of the ROM
* busybox with Droid Explorer support
* MCR version displayed in 'About' screen
* Updated Google Maps and Street View
* Added Adobe Reader
* Added Car Dock
* Added Email application
* Added Google Talk
* Added Voice Search
* Added Spare Parts (switch both animations to fast!)
* Added WiFi Status indicator
* Removed a multitude of Orange junk, Glu games are still present
* Removed DocumentsToGo (same trial version is available from the Android Market)
* Removed MobileWeather (Genie News / Weather will be available from r2)

Planned for future releases

* Add Genie News / Weather
* Remove Orange boot logo
* Add MCR boot logo
* Remove Orange default wallpaper
* Update from ERE27 to a later Eclair release
* Custom kernel
* Change button theme from dark to light
* Create Online Kitchen
* Optional ROM Manager
* Optional Titanium Backup
* Optional Wavesecure via the online kitchen (installed to system partition for maximum security)
* Investigate possibility of odexing the ROM

Ol!ver · 28 Sep 2010 at 00:02

Been looking for a cheap Android handset to play with for a while, and this fits the bill.

Any hacked FroYo images for this yet?

insane200 · 28 Sep 2010 at 00:10

Ol!ver said:
Been looking for a cheap Android handset to play with for a while, and this fits the bill.

Any hacked FroYo images for this yet?

Aparently the chinese version is running 2.2 :cool:

just a matter of time lol.

I want a phone that i wont spend hours twiddling with

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Nymins · 28 Sep 2010 at 00:17

Can anyone comment on the battery life? does it last more than a day or is it iPhone esque, recharging every night type job?