Orange San Francisco - Google Android For Dirt Cheap

Biggest_Mint

Orange San Francisco is basically one of the cheapest Android phones out, but its spec is amazing for the price.

Prepay Wizard are selling them at £109.99, with free £10 credit, but are offering a 10% discount code on the website at the moment, pushing the total price you pay to £97.07. Bearing in mind this comes with free £10 credit, this is a cracking deal.

So basically, under £100 for Android 2.1 with £10 credit. Bargain!! Haven't found it cheaper online. Take a look for yourself: http://www.prepaywizard.co.uk/orange-san-francisco-payg-phone

Be part of the in-crowd with this exclusive phone, only available with Orange. Video messaging and a 3-megapixel camera mean your friends can see you and the moments you want to capture, and the FM radio means your life need never be quiet. With its sleek touch screen, the San Francisco puts your needs at your fingertips.

3-megapixel camera
3G+
Android v2.1
WiFi
touch screen
MP3 player

features

• 3-megapixel camera
• 3G+
• Android v2.1
• WiFi
• touch screen
• MP3 player
• email
• music player
• Bluetooth®
• FM radio
• tri band
• USB compatible
• SatNav
• Video Messaging
• external memory up to 32GB microSD
• internal memory 150MB
• IMAP4
• POP3
• camera

:beer: A brilliant christmas present for anyone techy, ordered one for my brother.

Aidy

Argos are selling the ZTE Racer for £79.99 + £10 top up on £

I think it is running Android 2.1 (Google seems to be slightly conflicting and teh Argos spec does not say!)

http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/5185755/c_1/1%7Ccategory_root%7COffice,+PCs+and+phones%7C14418968/c_2/3%7C15701358%7CMobile+phones%7C14419095/c_3/4%7Ccat_14419095%7C3+mobile+phones%7C14419106.htm?_$ja=tsid:11527%7Ccc:%7Cprd:5185755%7Ccat:office%2C+pcs+%26+phones+%3E+mobile+phones+%3E+3+mobile+phones


Mobile phone features:

• Touch screen Google android handset with thousands of free downloadable applications.
• Touch screen handset.
• Up to 200 hours standby time.
• Up to 210 mins talk time.
• Internal memory 256MB.
• Messaging: SMS/MMS/EMAIL/Windows Live Messenger.
• 3G, HSDPA and Wi-Fi internet capability.
• Takes up to 2GB microSD memory card (included).
• Built-in 3.2 megapixel camera.
• Video capture and playback.
• Colour screen.
• Quad band.
• Bluetooth.
• WAP compatible.
• Vibration alert.
• FM radio.
• MP3 player.
• Size of handset H102, W55, D15mm.
• Weight 109g.

3 website suggest it is running 2.1 Eclair OS

Don't forget £10 voucher from Argos for a £50 spend, or spend over £100 and get £20 in vouchers

boatman

Get the San Francisco, its a better phone. The main difference is the screen and this is vital for a touch screen device.

http://android.modaco.com/category/453/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/orange-san-francisco-android-2-1-wv/763425?page=1

sahra

I bought this for my son for xmas from the orange website.
£99 and you have to buy £10 top up, but you get £12 back through Quidco, so roughly the same price if you'd rather buy from Orange.

JABWootton

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/San-Francisco-from-Orange-in-grey

New mobile from Orange, available instore and online. Specification from Orange site (copied from https://www.modaco.com) below. Notice this include Android 2.1, has a capacitive OLED screen, FM radio etc. etc.

Price includes £10 top-up. Cashback is £12 via Quidco or TopCashback. Orange often doesn't track so you might need to do it manually.

A neat loophole that you can use to get the student discount. On that link provided for students (need someone to post me the link to add to this topic), type in "0" fifteen times where it says type in your NUS code.

NHS discount (£20) also available, also possibly council workers, but unsure on that bit.

If you have an orange PAYG simcard you can get £20 off which brings it down to £89.99, just call the sales team on 0800 079 2000 and ask for the discount!

Paul @ Modaco has bought one (if you're into mobiles you'll know he is one the main devs releasing custom roms etc.) - discussion thread here: http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade/318410/i-just-picked-up-my-san-francisco-findings-as-i-go-in-here/

Specs:

Talk Time: 4 hours
Standby Time: 9 days
Weight: 130g
Dimensions: 116 x 56.5 x 11.8
3.5 inch touchscreen, 480x800
600MHz CPU
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 Orange
Applications and Features: Orange Maps, Orange Messenger by Windows Live, Orange App Store, Email, Orange Wednesdays

unlocking details here, http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blade-blade-modaco-com/318726/unlock-your-san-francisco-for-s3-card-payments-p4-99-paypal-friendly-alternative-video-now-online/

Unlock for £4.99 using Paypal:
http://www.unlocks.co.uk/unlock_Orange_San-Francisco_codes.php

Unlock for $3.00; Paypal not accepted.
http://www.nckcodes.co.uk/product.php?id_product=37

Both sites have worked

Samsung i900 Screen Protector fits brilliantly without any cutting. For a soft gel case the Nokia e71 is a great fit."

Unlock on fleabay now 99p; kust dearch for Blade Unlock

Go sign up on XDA-Developers and vote for a San Francisco forum via the link below. It will be worth it!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800178

Unlock for $3.00; Paypal *IS* accepted.
http://www.nckcodes.co.uk/product.php?id_product=37

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Orange-San-Francisco/164153446943996

You will have the ability to flash the phone to Android 2.2 (Froyo) very soon, as the brilliant guys over at Modaco have just cracked it for the SF!

link for 10% student discount is http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/students

Further info below
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/orange-san-francisco-android-2-1-wv/763425#comments

Biggest_Mint

You can get Quidco on Prepay Wizard too it seems. So that's £109.99 with 10% discount = £97.07. Then 5% of that back from Quidco.

even bigger bargain!!!

normanmark

Was just looking at prices & that Prepay Wizard one seems to be the best deal! Nice valued touchscreen for the technophobe wife!

ChuckleVision_2

I've bought it. Excellent posts. thanks to JABWootton too for the information.

I got mine for £78.99 (which included the topup and unlimited download usage etc for 30 days). Phone will arrive Friday.

I'm already a Orange PAYG customer, so I called up the Orange sales guys, and got the discount and was offered a free rolling contract SIM too (free for the first 30 days anyway.)

I took the deal. I'll used the free SIM to download all my apps and will cancel it before the 30days are up and use my other SIM after that.

Pleased with the deal. Going from Windows Mobile 6 to Android just means I have to get used to the phone and software!

Little_Mis-spent

My husband bought me this phone last week. Great phone - loving it at the moment

I got mine from Orange shop for £79.99. Got a £20 discount on the handset through something called Orange perk. Couldn't find out a whole lot of info about this scheme but applies to certain professions. Lady in store said the list of jobs included is "massive" but haven't managed to find an actual copy. DH is a government employee and that's how he got his discount. She definitely mentioned police as one of the jobs included!

Hope it helps someone and maybe someone else has more info on the jobs covered?

Biggest_Mint

Little_Mis-spent wrote: »

I got mine from Orange shop for £79.99. Got a £20 discount on the handset through something called Orange perk. Couldn't find out a whole lot of info about this scheme but applies to certain professions. Lady in store said the list of jobs included is "massive" but haven't managed to find an actual copy. DH is a government employee and that's how he got his discount. She definitely mentioned police as one of the jobs included!

If I knew this, I would have gone in store. However, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have qualified anyway.

Worked out that Prepay Wizard deal too. After Quidco is applied, you only pay around £92. Since it comes with £10 top-up, pretty damn good!

boongi

Good phone but note battery life is poor - most reviews say needs charging every 1-2 days! :mad:

http://www.reevoo.com/p/orange-san-francisco