The New Orange San Diego £199.99 + £10 top-up on PAYG (or from £15.50pm on contract) @ Orange £209.99
The Orange San Diego is the first phone based on an Intel chip to be launched in Europe.
Available for £199 + £10 top-up on PAYG, (with free 250Mb internet for 12mths) or from £15.50 on a 24mth contract (50 minutes, 50 texts and 100Mb data) The same handset was launched in India 2 months ago to rave reviews (see post #2)
Paul from Modaco.com has one which can only mean good things!... His full review and other ones (as they arrive) can be found in post #2.
Key blurb:
*Network: GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz, HSPA/UMTS
*Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, upgrade to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 'coming soon'
*1.6GHz Intel Atom Z2460 'Medfield' Single-Core Processor with hyper-threading
*GPU: PowerVR SGX 540 @ 400 MHz
*4.03- inch LED-backlit LCD Capacitive Touchscreen Display
*1024 x 600 Pixels Screen Resolution
*8 Megapixels Camera with dual LED Flash (1080p HD video capable)
*Image Stabilizer, Multi Shot, Burst Shot (up-to 10 full-res. shots per second)
*1.3 Megapixels Secondary (front) Camera capable of 720p HD video
*1GB of RAM
*16GB Internal flash memory
*NFC (near field communications) support
*Music Player: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WAV
*Video Player: MP4, H.264, H.263
*1080p HD Video Recording
*HDMI Out (micro HDMI)
*Bluetooth 2.1 + A2DP, EDR
*Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
*microUSB 2.0
*3G (HSPA+)
*GPS with A-GPS
*Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
* Browser: HTML 5. WAP 2.0, Adobe Flash
*Sensors: Proximity, Accelerometer, Digital Compass
*Google Talk, Gmail, Google Maps, Google + Facebook, MySpace, Twitter Text to Speech, Google Voice Search
*Li-Ion Standard Battery @ 1480 MaH with claimed '14 days standby' - '8hrs talk time' - subject to testing!- :-)
*Dimensions: 123 x 63 x 9.9 mm
*Weight: 117 gms
*Color: Black
There is a also a microSD card slot behind the 'non-removable' back cover although it is yet to be determined whether this can be made to work .. Paul from Modaco is currently investigating...
(Available online, in-store and via Orange telesales)
Confirmed working with both T-mobile and Orange SIM's out of the box...(there is a profile for Virgin Mobile installed too, but yet to confirm these SIM's work)
Good experiences with flash and i-player also occurring! :-).
£30 TCB/Quidco too with orange PAYG (above £150)
- Terminator471
Top Comments (3)
4 seconds to read your comment.... wot a waste!!!
Brought it where, and why did it cost £20 to take it there?
Edited By: jukkie on Jun 06, 2012 14:04
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Jump to unread Post a CommentProduct page (PAYG): http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/san-diego-from-orange
Android Central -Video walkthrough of the Orange San Diego (8/6/12):
http://www.androidcentral.com/orange-san-diego-video-walkthrough
Modaco.com: Full Review (6/6/12):
http://www.modaco.com/topic/354832-orange-san-diego-review/
Comprehensive Review of phone (xolo x900 - (the same handset) which launched in India 2mths ago):
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5770/lava-xolo-x900-review-the-first-intel-medfield-phone
Quick YouTube camera samples (remember to change YouTube resolution where available/needed):
Rear: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoveTp0HJZk (1080p camera) <<< sorry i accidently posted the 720p rear one previously.. now good!! :|
Front: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DlbttGS3Bs (720p camera)
Early benchmarking from engadget at last week's Orange London launch (OSD)
http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/31/orange-san-diego-benchmarks/
Orange San Diego @ Modaco.com (forum):
http://www.modaco.com/forum/601-orange-san-diego-sandiegomodacocom/
(more to follow)
Edited By: huggychair on Jun 09, 2012 02:49: .o
Edited By: jalaldevil on Jun 05, 2012 21:08
Plus £30 Quidco
Ascend G300
didnt put people off the san francisco :p
Edited By: ollieh1 on Jun 05, 2012 21:55
Manufactured by Gigabyte, and reviews by (by the non-iphone entrenched) have been good build quality.. been following it for a few weeks! :-) -( Imust get out more!!) oO
Edited By: huggychair on Jun 05, 2012 21:59
Ascend G300
yes it has NFC .. will update ta :)
http://www.expansys.com/lg-prada-3-0-uk-p940-black-227069/