ZTE Blade
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- Bug Guns
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- 20 Jul 2011
Got my Orange San Francisco for £84.99 including £10 top up. The price is a bargain for a phone with these specifications and considering you can even unlock it for free and upgrade to Android 2.2 makes the price even better.
The camera in my opinion is very good in good lighting, however is very poor with artificial lighting at night and there is also no flash. I also don't like the multi-tasking, which you need to open the task manager to switch to your other applications and re-open it again to switch again. The battery drains quite rapidly and daily charging will most likely be required.
Other than that, cool phone running Android and probably the best new phone you can buy for under £100.
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- Anonymous
- 3pH
- 19 Jul 2011
AnonD-14316, 19 Jul 2011how did you upgrade it to 2.2 plzzz telllhttp://sanfranciscoandroid.co.uk/android/how-to-install-custom-roms-android-2-2-from-scratch-on-the-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade/
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- AnonD-14316
- Rc0
- 19 Jul 2011
Gsm, 19 Jul 2011I just bought one for my daughter, it really is a very good... morehow did you upgrade it to 2.2 plzzz telll
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- chezadoni
- Rc0
- 19 Jul 2011
Gsm, 19 Jul 2011I just bought one for my daughter, it really is a very good... morehow did u upgrade it to 2.2 ???
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- damjan006
- 04T
- 19 Jul 2011
Ehsan, 01 Jul 2011Good phone,but have this problems Low battery time No ... moretry this ROM and report after that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174055
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- Gsm
- 3Ja
- 19 Jul 2011
I just bought one for my daughter, it really is a very good phone for the money, seems more responsive that samsung galaxy ace and htc wildfire and a pile of other phones I tried, very good value, I did upgrade it to 2.2, if it ships you should consider this, but do this at your own risk as there is the possibility of killing it.
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- Anonymous
- xr2
- 18 Jul 2011
Yeah, but no Iplayer or Flash can be installed on this one...wrong ARM chip!
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- Anonymous
- iJK
- 12 Jul 2011
nikomanuel1, 12 Jul 2011well here in venezuela the optimus one dont is cheap but i ... moreget the zte, it s cheap. the best phobe i ever had...
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- nikomanuel1
- LJu
- 12 Jul 2011
well here in venezuela the optimus one dont is cheap but i dont thin this zte is coming out i going to be cheap so...for my fisrt android, zte blade (2.1 ver. / normal screen)vs the optimus one...
what i should do? :7
sorry bad english
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- Michael/ICT
- Msr
- 11 Jul 2011
zuki45, 09 Jul 2011Hi,can u help me ..i can't decide which one to buy this or ... moreIt's not a tough decision really! Android vs Symbian? For your own sake, pick Android! ZTE is a great phone and rather easy to Root to a custom ROM as well.
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- Anonymous
- L6G
- 10 Jul 2011
zuki45, 09 Jul 2011Hi,can u help me ..i can't decide which one to buy this or ... morego ZTE, dont think... i am very happy with it.
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- zuki45
- nnW
- 09 Jul 2011
Hi,can u help me ..i can't decide which one to buy this or nokia c5-03...please help me..ty
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- zte owner
- L6G
- 09 Jul 2011
Siam, 05 Jul 2011I got my IMEI, and also got 8 digit unlock code..
But afte... moreyou have to insert a sim card from another operator, take one of your friend, just to unlock it.
if not, look on modaco website for assistance
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- Siam
- PEq
- 05 Jul 2011
zte man, 18 Jun 2011seem you have to unlock your sim card, or try to use anothe... moreI got my IMEI, and also got 8 digit unlock code..
But after inserting sim, and then opening, it does not ask for any code.
Now the problem is that where will i put the code?
I even unable to enter into many options in settings like Mobile network, status etc.
Do u think that it is due to upgarding it to 2.2 ?
Should i get back to 2.1?
Or i may try others?
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- Anonymous
- puA
- 05 Jul 2011
Anonymous, 03 Jul 2011This is the best phone I ever owned. I had the zte blade wi... moreu can install ginger bread vanilla 2.3 (modaco).
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- Anonymous
- nTb
- 03 Jul 2011
This is the best phone I ever owned. I had the zte blade with LCD screen and not AMOLED
Advantages:
+Price (120 euros)
+High resolution capacitive multi-touch screen with good brightness and high responsiveness and accuracy
+Android 2.2 is good and has no other UI above it which makes it quick
+Good amount of RAM memory and decent processor, allows for good gameplay and video playback (I have tested up to VGA resolution with both native video player and the seaman player, and games such as PES 2011)
+Decent music playback
Disadvantages
-Camera
-Battery-life
All in all, I would definitely give this phone a 9/10 in overall score. If you want a better phone, you´ll have to add at least 80 euros to get such a phone.
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- Ehsan
- ni7
- 01 Jul 2011
Good phone,but have this problems
Low battery time
No camera flash
No front camera
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- yotam (no FaceBook)
- 0@1
- 24 Jun 2011
This is my firs android phone, so I cannot really compare. So far and in general I like it.
One annoying problem:
The audio sound from the 3.5mm audio jack is fine for headphones, but
when connecting to an AUXiliary device such as car-radio system,
the resulted volume is very weak, even when maximizing volumes on both
(phone & car-radio) devices.
There are some suggestions on the web for remedy this by headphone
amplifiers (such as FiiO E5). Though some reports say that this gadgets
are good for improving quality only for headphones, but not for
AUXiliary-devices gain.
I wonder if there are better solutions.
May be the phone hardware is capable of pushing appropriate power for
AUXiliary-devices but the current OS/kernel is not utilizing it?
Any insights from this forum would be appreciated.
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- zte man
- puB
- 18 Jun 2011
guru hn, 16 Jun 2011this is a dual sim or singal sim? this phone work video calling?one sim card, no video call , doesn't have front cam.
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- zte man
- puB
- 18 Jun 2011
Siam, 17 Jun 2011I'm having a great problem...i inserted my sim card, it did... moreseem you have to unlock your sim card, or try to use another sim(even a deactivated), check on modaco zte website how to unlock.