Orange San Francisco

i cannot recommend this phone enough, as for £89 it its unbeatable! the lcd screen is much better than the wildfire that i had before, and because its got android its got all the same features and even more from orange! my only criticism would be the handsets battery life as i have to charge it every day, but i do use it alot.

Brilliant phone for the money. Unlocked for free, lots of community support over at MoDaCo including 2.2 (Froyo) ROMs. We bought a second one after being impressed with the first. And before anyone asks, yes, it does run Angry Birds...

Wow what a piece of kit for the money couldnt beleive it as i expected to pay at least £300 quid. The downside is I bought it for the wife for christmas

An excellent phone with a amazing display. This is a really cheap way to get into the world of smart phones with the apps without spending hundreds on an iphones etc. Lovely touch screen as good as the iphone, and the screen is very high res and a nice size. Can easily be unlocked to other networks and has a good community around it. The camera is okay and does the job but has no flash. The phone is stylish if a little boring. All in all Orange have done wonders to fit so much tech in for the price of £100.

Representing superb value for money, the ZTE manufactured Orange San Francisco is a £100 Pay as You Go full-specification Android 2.1 handset. Nothing is missed out.

It has a solid build quality, with a nice weight and feel. Everything is in the right place, and with no gimmicks. The standard Android physical buttons exist, there is a mini-USB port and a power switch. The 3.5" OLED screen is capacitive and very accurate and clear. Included, also, is a 3.2 megapixel camera.

In use, the San Francisco is as capable and practical as any Android, and would put many more expensive handsets to shame.

I quite like the screen on this thing, add to that a great speaker and a usable camera for stills and you would imagine this device would be asking £250 . Coming in at £99 it surpasses the Wildfire and X10 Mini in the rankings of budget devices, with relative ease!
The main downside being the video camera, I think many people can forgive and simply avoid this, leaving the slight lag or jerkiness being the only downside, but even then, this is quite minimal. Don't get me wrong, I doubt you'll make any Desire owners jealous, but at the same time, you wont be embarrassed showing people an app or your photo albums.
ZTE are the makers of this device, although they've been around for 25 years in China, we don't really know the name over here in Europe. This device is maybe their first step into the spot light and I'll be interested to see if they produce some higher spec phones in the future.