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The Orange San Francisco has got some great features going for it but Orange has plastered many of its irritating applications into it and spoiled the fun. First of all, the phone costs only 99 pounds which is great. But even greater is that it runs on the power packed Google Android operating system. That makes it a worthy instrument to check out but you might have a lot of cleaning up to do to get rid of the hideous Orange branding.

The Orange San Francisco is a beauty for a price as low as 99 pounds. The greatest feature on this phone is its 3.5 inch touchscreen which provides excellent contrast and brightness. It may not be as good as a smart phone but nevertheless does the job well. It supports multi-touch which means you can zoom in and out by pinching your fingers. The battery life proved to be average and the 3-megapixel camera was decent. However the slow processor of the Orange San Francisco made the process of taking a picture sluggish.

Another great feature of the Orange San Francisco is that it runs on the power packed Google Android operating system. Google has packed many features into its phone software with the best being Google Maps which would ensure that you never get lost again. The Orange San Francisco also includes a wi-fi so you can easily access the internet at home or at work. Since Orange has decided to plaster its branding all over the phone you may have to spend an hour or so uninstalling all the useless applications. Some of the applications like Orange Wednesdays are useful, but they mostly serve to destroy the beauty of the phone and make it even more confusing. Even worse is that Orange has removed the default Android email application and so you are forced to pay for another email program from the market or use Gmail only which has got its own email application.

Everything on the default home screen of the Orange San Francisco has been plastered with ugly Orange icons which ruin the beautiful touchscreen. Although this may not sound worse than it is, the fact is that most people using this phone would be first time smart phone users and this factor would ruin their first purchase experience.

In summary, the pros of the Orange San Francisco are:

1. Beautiful 3.5 inch touchscreen
2. Power packed Google Android operating system
3. Inexpensive

And the cons of the Orange San Francisco are:

1. Default email application of Android removed and replaced with an Orange service which needs to be paid for
2. Orange branding plastered all over the phone
3. Useless Orange applications

Overall, the Orange San Francisco is certainly an excellent package at this price. However it could have been an even greater experience had it not been plastered in Orange.