Both are platform independent browser based benchmarks so give a good basic level of the general responsiveness of a handset. Helping to keep performance in check is that this phone runs the 2. Android 2. The homescreen arrangement is typical Android with five homescreens ready to fill with widgets, apps and shortcuts arranged with two either side of the central default screen. All the usual widgets message viewers, picture viewers, contacts viewers, RSS readers are available with a few extra Orange branded ones thrown in for good measure.
That said, there are a few other Orange additions. Gestures are a useful way to quickly open your favourite apps. Orange Gestures allow you to open your favourite apps by simply drawing a shape on the screen. Orange Mail is a seemingly pointless alternative to the default email app. It would be rather pointless for a premium contract phone but is a useful addition for this budget Pay As You Go handset.
Also useful is Orange Signal Boost, an that app connects to your wireless router for improved indoor coverage. When it comes to your everyday tasks, this phone generally puts in a good performance.
Contacts management is a cinch with it doing a good job of automatically matching information from your SIM, email accounts and social networking services. The loudspeaker is fairly poor though. Texting and emailing is a little time consuming due to the slightly sluggish response as you tap away on the otherwise excellent onscreen keyboard.
Those used to blasting out dozens of words a minute may find they end up with rather a lot of gobbledygook, though again with a bit of patience you get the hang of it. Being an Android phone, the selection of supported email types is top notch and the app itself is a breeze to use. Mapping and navigation is taken care of by the standard GoogleMaps and Navigation apps that come with all Androids. The former is excellent for planning routes and finding your way on foot GPS is of course onboard , while the latter does a reasonable job of car-based navigation duties.
Of course, being an Android phone, the selection of apps is vast and so you should have no problems tracking down useful or entertaining ways to pass the time. Thankfully, music playback is rather better with an easy to use interface, a noise free headphone socket and plenty of volume on tap.
Shooting your own video is also a fairly limited endeavour too. Lower resolutions will shoot faster but you then end up with very low detail clips.
All our test shots came out with muted colours and a general softness that was down to more than just the modest 5 megapixel resolution. The 3. There's no physical shutter button, and there's a long pause between tapping the on-screen button and the shot being taken, so it's a pain trying to shoot moving subjects.
Videos are captured at a maximum resolution of x, hardly even good enough for YouTube. Sign up for our daily newsletter Newsletter. Orange San Francisco review Mobile phones. Image 1 of 5. Our Rating. There are applications that can perform this functionality, but fortunately you do not need to install any additional app as it is included in the Android 2.
When you make a screenshot, you can send that WhatsApp conversation, Tinder, Instagram story, Facebook photo or video frame in the memory of your Orange device.
On the contrary, if you want to record a video of what is shown on the screen of your Orange San Francisco, for example to record a video call, a story or a web page or piece of an internet video, you can follow the next tutorial: Record screen from Orange San Francisco.
If you want to make a screenshot to your Orange San Francisco you have to follow these simple steps:. First we go to the screen to which you want to make the screenshot of your Orange San Francisco, be it a web page, chat or application. Press the power key simultaneously and the volume key down. If you want to capture a video the procedure is the same but pressing the power key and the volume key up. Click on the capture that you just made on your San Francisco, and you will be able to edit it, trim it or send it to your contacts or through your preferred social network.
Orange San Francisco a size of x The Orange San Francisco it comes from the factory with the operating system Android 2.
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