Orange San Francisco now only £62.99 @ Argos
Great phone at this price. Free to easily unlock to any network and once you root and customise with better ROM you have yourself a bargin Android.
They also have the dark grey version for only a pound more.
£10 top up must be purchased at the till which is pretty bone.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentTheres also one in Andover available
Edited By: Syzable on Feb 18, 2012 13:23
Got all excited til realised i may have to spend a lot
on fuel to get it!
Good post by fozey, to let everyone know about it, as maybe there is 1 in the whole country for that 1 lucky person. But its cold from me, as its not a deal, you should be able to buy a deal, it shouldn't be imaginary (which out of stock deals like these "deliberately" are created by these companies) and annoy the hell out of me.
Edited By: oceanic on Feb 18, 2012 13:35
Android is moving on although you can install 2.2. on the phone.
The phone resells to places like Envirophone for about £3.
It's main differentiation in the past was that you got a lot of high end features like HSDPA mobile internet and WiFi etc in a budget phone. That differentiation is meaningless today as all budget phones have them.
It's not like an iPhone 3GS where you can upgrade to the latest iOS 5.0.1 and it still runs fine. Android has moved on and this phone was once the best budget phone on the market but not worth buying today - definately not at £60+.
Android is moving on although you can install 2.2. on the phone.
The phone resells to places like Envirophone for about £3.
It's main differentiation in the past was that you got a lot of high end features like HSDPA mobile internet and WiFi etc in a budget phone. That differentiation is meaningless today as all budget phones have them.
It's not like an iPhone 3GS where you can upgrade to the latest iOS 5.0.1 and it still runs fine. Android has moved on and this phone was once the best budget phone on the market but not worth buying today - definately not at £60+.
Edited By: molerat on Feb 18, 2012 14:05: .........................
Although a great phone for the time a technology moves fast with and this one is certainly looking dated (poor camera, slow CPU, small amount of ram, poor battery life)
I think most people on HUKD own one, and most are probably looking to upgrade from it
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banned by HUKD for some reason......
Edited By: SilverBlack on Feb 18, 2012 14:01
Android is moving on although you can install 2.2. on the phone.
The phone resells to places like Envirophone for about £3.
It's main differentiation in the past was that you got a lot of high end features like HSDPA mobile internet and WiFi etc in a budget phone. That differentiation is meaningless today as all budget phones have them.
It's not like an iPhone 3GS where you can upgrade to the latest iOS 5.0.1 and it still runs fine. Android has moved on and this phone was once the best budget phone on the market but not worth buying today - definately not at £60+.
Be honest, i would rather buy a half decent "dumbphone" rather than buy this for £60. Because it cant do anything properly cause its so damned slow. And battery life, dont even get me started on battery life.
Android is moving on although you can install 2.2. on the phone.
The phone resells to places like Envirophone for about £3.
It's main differentiation in the past was that you got a lot of high end features like HSDPA mobile internet and WiFi etc in a budget phone. That differentiation is meaningless today as all budget phones have them.
It's not like an iPhone 3GS where you can upgrade to the latest iOS 5.0.1 and it still runs fine. Android has moved on and this phone was once the best budget phone on the market but not worth buying today - definately not at £60+.
In all fairness, I don't know and the San Fran 2 isn't anything spectacular for its price.
However, with Android regaining full charge after releasing 3.x at tablet and now having just released ICS 4.x which merges those features, the Android market is moving at an extremely fast pace.
Personally, I believe that even if I were to buy one of these phones, it would be fairly short lived, so if there are no decent offers out for the same price, I'd find out where all these traders like Envirofone are selling these refurbished phones to. If they're buying them for less than a fiver, even with their profit margins, I'd guess you're better off going second hand in this one case.
Most people won't have used them for years and so they aren't likely to be knackerd. To be blunt I bought mine new from Orange for £75 with £10 mandatory top up about a year ago. I then upgraded and unlocked it to 2.2. which made it faster. Very nice. But even then, as the screen's so small, whilst its portable, and the fact that its slow compared to today's standard, I don't really surf the internet with it and so the phone's been relagated to a backup phone. I don't really touch it anymore and its not worth selling.
I'm going to wait awhile for the budget ICS phones and then a bit more for an incremental release before getting my next phone which will have a larger screen for web surfing. (something the OSF has in its next phone because it realises the same problem).
I've just checked the stock local to me and there are two available in Dumfries, one at Loreburne Place and one at Church Place
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/t-mobile-rapport-android-2-2-upgradeable-2-3-smartphone-wifi-3g-gps-capacitive-screen-1093048?page=10
I think that is a better deal considering it is almost half the price and comes with 6 months free internet (only signifcant difference is screen size)
http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4204&idPhone2=3391
Edited By: abfmdf on Feb 18, 2012 14:24
Personally, I don't think the question is whether or not the OSF is a good phone or not. The answer to that is - yes, its a great little phone. I think the question is really whether a £75-100 phone released about a year or more ago is worth paying £62 or so today. And I think everyone has their own opinion on that one, but I would certainly get it second hand and expect to keep it a shorter length of time than your average phone seeing as this phone is at or nearing the end of its life cycle (even with a 2.2 upgrade).
Yes, it's all about the differentiation. The differentiation is what is key here.
Be honest, i would rather buy a half decent "dumbphone" rather than buy this for £60. Because it cant do anything properly cause its so damned slow. And battery life, dont even get me started on battery life.
I am still happily using one and think that comment is harsh. If you switch off apps running in the background and install a battery manager app then it's fine. If you can afford more, better to go for a better phone nowadays though, I agree.
Be honest, i would rather buy a half decent "dumbphone" rather than buy this for £60. Because it cant do anything properly cause its so damned slow. And battery life, dont even get me started on battery life.
I am still happily using one and think that comment is harsh. If you switch off apps running in the background and install a battery manager app then it's fine. If you can afford more, better to go for a better phone nowadays though, I agree.
I get 5 hours constant battery use out of this every day listening to podcasts and internet radio (I'm on GiffGaff so no worries about the costs.) Battery life sucks and the phone hangs at times (I feel due to the processor struggling) but I'm still pleased that I bought it. When I last felt like changing it, there was nothing else on the market that came close for the £120 price I paid for it. If someone can come up with a suggestion then I'll happily listen.