I was in town today and thought I would take a look at the Orange Vegas in the Orange store. I thought it was quite a dinky thing, especially in pink (they didn’t have the black version in stock). Though they wouldn’t allow me to try one first, I decided to take the plunge. I am good at impulse buying, it should be included in the 2012 Olympics.
Buying one was not as simple a task as you would expect. The chap instore took all my details then got on the phone to HQ for some reason (upgrading the sim??). He waited and waited. “I’m in a queue” he said. What seemed like an awfully long time passed, I asked for the details that he had written down and left the shop. As we had to walk right past the T-Mobile store, I popped in to take a look at their version of the same phone, the Vairy. This time I was given a look at the phone before I bought it. A much simpler task, 2 minutes later I was on my way.
Once home I charged the phone up and popped the sim in. I spent the next half hour playing. I can say that though this is a very simple phone, it is actually very good for it’s sub £50 price tag. A 1gb micro sd card was already inside. The handbook is on a small cd but didn’t have any nasty surprises. A phone is a phone is a phone after all. Call quality is excellent. Texting is quick, though the “handwriting” feature is a bit misleading (unless I am being thick and can’t make it work properly) the onscreen qwerty keyboard is tiny but useable. Bear in mind that this is NOT windows mobile the functionality is just not the same.
The touch interface is a very pleasant surprise. Very like the HTC Touch in fact. You can use the stylus or your finger to swoosh about in the 3D menus. The screen is clear and responsive. The stylus is fiddly though. Very small and it collapses like the TyTn or Clie styli.
I’m off to play some more. So I will write more later.
Up against an HTC Touch, dwarfed, actually
And the reverse view. Like mini me
