Testseek.co.uk have collected 21 expert reviews of the Orange San Francisco and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Orange San Francisco.
November 2010
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The editors liked
Capacitive touchscreen
Feature-packed Android 2.1 operating system
Cheap
Low cost
Good quality 3.5in touch-screen
Slim design
Great price
Responsive display
Android 2.1 operating system
Excellent GPS and web functions for the price
Great screen
Super build
Nice Orange widgets
Can ditch the Orange skin easily
Useful apps pre installed
Hires display
Slim body
The price
Amazing screen. Smart design. Android 2.1
Screen resolution and touch response
Price
Brilliant screen
Feature packed
Incredible price
The editors didn't like
Email app replaced with paid-for Orange service
Hideous Orange branding
Bad Orange apps
Sluggish performance at times
Android 2.1
Camera could be better
Too many nonuseful Orange apps
A £1 charge to load your webmail account onto the Orange Mail app unless you're a Gmail user
No Twitter out of the box
Disappointing stills camera
No Facebook out of the box
Very disappointing video camera
Default UI is clunky
Rubbish camera
Camera quality poor. Battery slightly underpowered
Published: 2011-07-27, Author: Andy , review by: gadgetdaily.xyz
Abstract: The Android operating system is as well suited to budget priced smartphones as it is to those at the top of the tree, but sometimes the budget handsets scrimp and save in all the wrong places.That criticism can't be levelled at the Orange San Francisco, w...
Abstract: A lot of excitement was created with the launch of the San Francisco from Orange (which is actually a ZTE Blade) and it's not hard to see why with a price tag of £99 (+ £10 top up) and plenty of high-end features such as 3G HSDPA, GPS, a large 3.5” WVGA s...
The Orange San Francisco runs Android 2.1. Yes Android 2.2 or, ambitiously, Android 2.3 would have been better, but that isn't the problem. The problem is when you first start the San Francisco it is hard to tell the phone uses Android at all. Orange is f...
Great price, responsive display, Android 2.1 operating system, excellent GPS and web functions for the price
Too many nonuseful Orange apps; a £1 charge to load your webmail account onto the Orange Mail app unless you're a Gmail user
Top of the class when it comes to Android smartphones for around the £100 mark - it's just a shame it comes clogged up with useless Orange apps. Happily, it's not hard to get rid of them...
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Published: 2011-01-01, Author: Jonathan , review by: whatmobile.net
Abstract: At the end of 2010, a number of Android devices fought it out for the crown of €best affordable smartphone€. It seems Orange won the battle by milesThe San Francisco, a handset made by ZTE and also known as the Blade, is one of many sub-€100 smartphones o...
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Published: 2010-12-27, Author: Jonathan , review by: alphr.com
An amazing screen and a low price, but the rest disappoints...
For the money this is a crackin' handset. Sure, we wanted a better camera and perhaps a trackball of sorts for editing text easier but, for the money, this is a great phone which packs a tonne of features for not-that-much-money. We were impressed by the...
This is the best budget Android handset we've seen to date. It's by no means perfect - it can run a little slow, the camera isn't amazing and the connectivity a little ropey - but it's a capable handset with a good quality screen and running Android; f...
With a strong array of features built in and a solid chassis design, the Orange San Francisco shows what can be achieved when you aim at a budget price but aim high. ...
