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http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/press/news/vodafone_smart.html

Vodafone's new £60 payg capacitive 2.9in QVGA 528mhz 2.2 Froyo Android smartphone.

Specs:


General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 2100
Announced 2011, May
Status Available. Released 2011, June
Size Dimensions 103.8 x 56.8 x 12.6 mm
Weight 104 g
Display Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels, 2.8 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor
Sound Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 130 MB storage
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB
Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels
Features Geo-tagging
Video Yes
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7225 chipset
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games Yes
Colors White, Black, custom graphic designs
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Vodafone Music
- Digital compass
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Talk
- MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- Organizer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input (Swype)
Battery Standard battery
Stand-by Up to 250 h (2G) / Up to 380 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 4 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)

Overview:

http://www.vodafone.com/content/index/about/what/devices/vodafone_smart.html#overview

Nearly every uk mobile review site known got their own Vodafone Smart for free, with a custom backcover of their site name on it.

http://www.eurodroid.com/pics/vodafone_smart_customisations-small.jpg

http://mos.futurenet.com/techradar/Review%20images/TechRadar/Mobile%20phones/Vodafone/Vodafone%20Smart/inhand-backplate-420-90.jpg

http://cdn.fonehome.co.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/SmartPhoneHome.jpg

I gather Talk3G did not get a review handset :confused:

Heidi from Vodafone has a sneak peek on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il9OztJi6xs

I think it's underpowered for what it's for, but if we get a review handset I might change my mind.