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Title: Price Of Orange San Francisco Drops To £79.97 Post by: mobaholic on March 21, 2011, 12:59:50 PM The price of one of our all time favourite smartphones, the Orange San Francisco, has been dropped to less than £80 when bought from Tesco and using the voucher code TDX-KMAW at check out. The handset, which is also known as the ZTE Blade (http://go.skimwords.com/?id=389X622&xcust=1665677&xs=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%2Fref%3Dnb_sb_noss%3Furl%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps%26field-keywords%3Dzte%20blade&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Forange-san-francisco-drops-now-available-7997%2F%23), is very popular amongst hobbyists because of its exceptionally good value for money as well as its hacker-friendliness which has spawn a big fan base in the UK. The deal from Tesco (http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=389X622&xs=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdirect.tesco.com%2Fproduct%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fr%3D210-0058&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Forange-san-francisco-drops-now-available-7997%2F%23) requires a £10 top-up purchase from Orange which can be redeemed against 300 texts and free internet for the first month. The San Francisco comes with an overclocker-friendly Qualcomm MSM7227 system on chip running at 600MHz. There's also 512MB RAM, a 3.2-megapixel camera with AF but no flash, a bundled 2GB microSD card (http://go.skimwords.com/?id=389X622&xcust=905524&xs=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3D2gb%2Bmicrosd%2Bcard&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Forange-san-francisco-drops-now-available-7997%2F%23), Wi-Fi, 3G, Bluetooth, three sensors, Android Eclair 2.1, an FM radio and a 3.5-inch WVGA AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. There's also a number of related orange service that include a Sat-nav and a number of other Android-based applications. The San Francisco can very easily be unlocked and upgraded to Android OS 2.2 (http://www.itproportal.com/2010/11/17/unlock-orange-san-francisco-smartphone-free/). The Orange San Francisco fills a nice niche market between the ultra cheap-but-not-so-cheerful Android handsets (like the HTC Racer) and the more expensive models like the HTC Desire (http://go.skimwords.com/?id=389X622&xcust=11429&xs=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%2Fref%3Dnb_sb_ss_i_0_10%3Furl%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps%26field-keywords%3Dhtc%2Bdesire%26x%3D0%26y%3D0%26sprefix%3Dhtc%2Bdesire&sref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.itproportal.com%2F2011%2F03%2F18%2Forange-san-francisco-drops-now-available-7997%2F%23) which costs between three and four times the price tag of the OSF. Source:- ITProPortal (http://www.itproportal.com/2011/03/18/orange-san-francisco-drops-now-available-7997/#). |