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Vodafone Smart 2 review,
The original Vodafone Smart certainly wasn't the most powerful Android phone on the block, but for what it cost, it was relatively easy to turn a blind eye to its faults. The same can be said of this sequel. Manufacturer Alcatel (taking over from Huawei, the firm behind the original), has at least attempted to enhance what has gone before with beefier specs and a larger display.
The Vodafone Smart 2 is available for £70 on pay as you go and is exclusive to Vodafone.
Should I buy the Vodafone Smart 2?
When you're shopping at the cheaper end of the smart phone spectrum, it goes without saying that you shouldn't expect the cream of the crop when it comes to power and features. Still, for a modest asking price, the Vodafone Smart 2 offers a reasonable amount of tech.
There's not a hint of brushed metal anywhere but it still feels solid enough.
Despite the plastic casing, build quality is solid, which could make it popular with parents of younger users who treat their handsets roughly. The compact 3.2-inch display is also more suited to smaller hands.
Improvements on the original Vodafone Smart include a better camera, a faster CPU and a higher-resolution screen. All very positive, but before reaching for your piggy bank, consider that the low-cost Android market has become incredibly crowded of late. There are a great many phones available with superior specs for around the same price.
The Smart 2's 3-megapixel camera isn't the best in the low-priced end of the Android market.
Design
While the original Smart didn't turn any heads with its looks, it felt like it could withstand a nuclear assault. No doubt this meant it found its way into the pockets of many an unruly and clumsy youngster.
While the Smart 2 doesn't radiate quite the same dependability, I'd be willing to bet it could withstand a few knocks and bumps. The entirely plastic casing doesn't emit any unpleasant creaks when squeezed, despite the fact it's removable. The Smart 2 has an unusual two-stage battery cover, with the centre detaching from the surrounding plastic when it's completely removed from the main body of the phone.
The strange two-stage battery cover seems unnecessarily complicated.
Why this has been done, I'm not entirely sure, although the original Smart did offer the possibility of buying personalised covers for a custom look.
With its innards exposed, the Smart 2 reveals some rather cack-handed design. The microSD card slot resides beneath the battery, which means you have to power down the phone and take out the power cell before you can remove or insert a card. It's unnecessarily fiddly. I'd hate to have to perform this delicate procedure when switching tiny SD cards on crowded public transport.
Annoyingly, you have to remove the battery to get to the microSD card slot.
The Smart 2 is light on physical inputs, with just a power key, volume rocker and camera button breaking up the rounded contours of the case. You'll also find the 3.5mm headphone jack on the top edge of the phone and a micro-USB port at the opposite end. Fairly standard stuff, but I'm pleased that a dedicated camera key has made the cut -- too many phones omit this useful feature.
At just over 12mm thick, the Smart 2 is a chubby chap.
Display
The screen on the original Smart was pretty dismal -- it measured 2.8 inches and could only muster a pitiful resolution of 240x320 pixels. To make things worse, it lacked support for multi-touch gestures. Mercifully, the Smart 2 rectifies these complaints.
The buttons on the front are touch sensitive, rather than physical keys.
The screen on this successor measures 3.2 inches from corner to corner and there's a rather more impressive resolution of 320x480 pixels to stare at. Granted, we're still not talking HD standard here but it's a definite improvement on the previous model. It's also worth noting that the touch panel is surprisingly responsive, reacting swiftly to pokes and swipes. It boasts two-point multi-touch, which means you can pinch and zoom to your heart's content.
Sadly, the quality of the screen is workmanlike rather than visually striking, with washed-out colours, poor vertical viewing angles and lacklustre performance in direct sunlight. The small size also makes typing a little difficult if you possess sausage-like fingers, although the wise inclusion of Swype text input goes some way to mitigating this.
The Smart 2's small size makes it ideal for younger users.
Processing power and internal storage
Don't go expecting quad-core power here -- the 832MHz CPU that beats at the heart of the Smart 2 is single-core. It's unlikely to win any processor face-offs. As you might imagine, this last-gen chip doesn't exactly make the Smart 2 fly. It also rules out some of the more demanding 3D games currently doing the rounds in the Google Play store.
The Smart 2 comes with around 170MB of app storage, of which approximately 130MB is available to the user. Although you can move some application data to the microSD card (a 2GB variant is included), that space is going to fill up faster than a newborn's nappy after an especially large bottle of milk. Don't go expecting the Smart 2 to satisfy your lust for downloads, because with such limited memory, it's woefully ill equipped.
The Smart 2 has its fair share of bloatware, which eats into the tiny app storage space.
The microSD slot accepts cards up to 32GB capacity. While this doesn't directly solve the issue of the tiny amount of app storage, it does mean you at least have the option to increase the space so your vast collection of photographs, videos and songs can be saved without too much trouble.
Android 2.3 and interface
The Vodafone Smart 2 isn't rocking the latest version of Android, but instead comes with 2.3 -- also known as Gingerbread. While this is technically two versions behind the times now (Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is due to launch this month), casual users are unlikely to notice a massive difference.
Android 2.3 is on board, with Vodafone's custom UI skin on top. Some of the widgets are actually quite useful for once.
Gingerbread may lack some of the mod cons that Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean bring, but it's still capable of accessing the Google Play market, connecting to your Google accounts and running almost all of the same applications.
Like many other networks, Vodafone is keen to provide a unique user interface on its phones and the Smart 2 is no exception. It features loads of exclusive active widgets that sit on your home screen and provide live data and other interactive elements.
Vodafone's weather widget will keep you abreast of all things meteorological.
Camera and video recording
It almost goes without saying that the Smart 2's camera isn't really that impressive. It may have gained an additional megapixel over the original Smart's 2-megapixel snapper, but the resultant shots are a little disappointing.
No flash means low-light shooting is hit and miss (click image to enlarge).
The usual issues exist here -- the sensor over-exposes light areas when you're shooting in environments that feature a sharp difference in brightness, and side effects include an unwelcome 'bloom' effect and unnaturally white skies.
Like many mobile phone cameras, the 3-megapixel snapper on the Smart 2 has a habit of over-exposing light areas (click image to enlarge).
Video recording has seen a bump upwards since the first Smart device, with a top resolution of 640x480 pixels. While this is an improvement on Vodafone's previous budget challenger, it's still way behind 1080p and 720p capture seen on other Android handsets. Recording is also locked at 15 frames per second, which does the movies no favours whatsoever. This is the kind of phone you'll use to create small clips to share with other mobile users, but not to capture important moments of your life.
Battery life
It's a universally accepted truth that smart phones are pretty bad when it comes to battery life, but as a rule, budget blowers are usually less hungry than cutting-edge devices, thanks to their modest power demands.
Curiously, that doesn't seem to be the case with the Smart 2. While it may not have a dual-core CPU or a massive Super AMOLED Plus screen, it still possesses a ravenous appetite. After about 8 hours of moderate use on a full charge, my review unit was all but dead. Don't expect to get through a full day without having to top up the phone's 1,200mAh battery.
There's the usual 3.5mm earphone socket on top, perfect for plugging in headphones and saving everyone on the bus from muttering expletives.
Conclusion
The Vodafone Smart 2 is a step in the right direction compared to the original Smart. For the asking price, it's hard to moan too much about its myriad failings. I'd have liked greater app storage, a better screen and a more impressive camera, but this is an Android handset for £70 so you can't expect cutting-edge functionality.
Even so, the Android budget sector is becoming more crowded with each passing month. When you consider the likes of last year's Samsung Galaxy Ace and the more recent Huawei Ascend G300 -- both of which retail for around the same price and don't feature Vodafone's aggressive branding -- it certainly pays to keep your options open before committing to a purchase.
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the BlackBerry maker whose stock has dropped 95 per cent since 2008, is under pressure from mobile phone companies to reduce carrier fees that generate $4.09 billion in annual revenue.
RIM said it faces demands to cut the fees paid by customers such as AT&T Inc. after posting its first loss in a decade last week. The fees account for more than a third of revenue at RIM, which is racing to introduce BlackBerry 10 phones and engineer a turnaround.
“There’s definitely negotiations going on right now to reduce” the fees if the company has acknowledged its concern, said Sameet Kanade, a technology analyst at Northern Securities.
Kanade, who rates RIM a sell, estimates revenue from the monthly fee could drop 17 per cent to $3.4 billion this year and another 18 per cent to $2.8 billion in fiscal 2014 as carriers such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless seek lower fees amid the company’s diminishing clout. RIM is the only handset maker to charge such a fee.
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RIM levies the fees to carriers for subscriber access to its BlackBerry server infrastructure. As wireless operators face customers’ requests for reduced monthly charges, it becomes harder for those carriers to pass on the subscriber fee, said Kanade at Northern Securities in Toronto.
Spokespeople for AT&T and Verizon Wireless, BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc., the two largest carriers in the U.S. and Canada respectively, declined to comment on the nature of any discussions they hold with RIM.
“RIM intends to continue generating a revenue stream from the services we offer,” said Nick Manning, a spokesman for Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM. He declined to elaborate on any requests for fee reductions cited by the company in last week’s earnings release.
Still Growing
Lower service fees in emerging markets, where RIM is increasingly reliant for growth as U.S. sales tumble, also pose a threat to business margins, said Kanade.
For now, it’s still a growing part of the business as RIM’s subscriber numbers rise, helped by increasing sales in markets such as Indonesia and South Africa. Revenue from those fees and other services climbed 4.1 per cent last quarter from a year earlier as device sales plunged 57 per cent. That lifted services’ share of total revenue to 36 per cent last quarter from 20 per cent the year before.
The fee revenue is expected to drop to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2014 and $2.3 billion in fiscal 2015, according to another estimate from Sanford C. Bernstein Ltd. analyst Pierre Ferragu.
While that may still give RIM enough cash to last two years, that doesn’t mean the company can afford to burn through its reserves, Kanade said.
Burning Cash
“Devices are definitely burning cash at a rapid rate,” said Neeraj Monga, an analyst at Veritas Research in Toronto. “They need to have the services business continue to give them cash so they can maintain their flexibility.”
Monga, who rates RIM a sell, said RIM may run out of cash by May if the new phone hasn’t launched by then, as hardware losses overwhelm shrinking service revenue.
“April, May of next year could be a time of reckoning for RIM,” he said. “It’s a race between what comes first: BB10, zero cash balance or an acquisition.”
RIM Chief Executive Officer Thorsten Heins said the BlackBerry maker isn’t in a “death spiral” as it works to deliver the new phone in 2013.
“The way I would describe it, we’re in the middle of a transition,” Heins said yesterday in a Canadian Broadcasting Corp. radio interview. “This company is not ignoring the world out there, nor is it in a death spiral.”
Delayed Release
RIM plunged 19 per cent on June 29 after posting its first loss in a decade, delaying the release of a new phone it’s counting on to revive slumping sales and cutting 5,000 jobs. While the company said it had $2.2 billion in cash at the end of last quarter, Chief Financial Officer Brian Bidulka warned that number could drop if the company has to further restructure.
RIM has dropped 95 per cent from its mid-2008 peak, cutting its market value to less than $4 billion. That makes the company’s cash reserves worth more than half its current market value. The stock fell 1.9 per cent to $7.35 in New York yesterday.
‘As some pundits write RIM’s obituary, the company’s global subscriber base continues to grow to more than 78 million people in 175 countries,” Heins wrote in an editorial posted yesterday on the Globe and Mail’s website. He pointed out that RIM has no debt and more than $2 billion in cash.
“The facts about RIM’s business provide reason to believe that we can succeed, even as we take painful but necessary steps to focus our resources and build a lean, nimble organization focused intently on bringing BlackBerry 10 to market.”
Hires Bankers
The BlackBerry maker in May hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. and RBC Capital Markets to help evaluate options and has not ruled out a sale of the company. In the CBC interview, Heins said the company is “looking into all options. At the end of the day it’s about creating long-term shareholder value.”
RIM’s introduction of BB10 has been delayed by what Heins has said is the volume of software code that needs to be created for the platform that will run future BlackBerrys and its PlayBook tablet. RIM last week postponed the release of the first BB10 phone to the first quarter of 2013, a delay of a year from when the device was first planned to come into the market.
RIM may also need its cash for the BB10 release, which analysts increasingly see as a long-shot to get RIM to compete with Apple Inc.’s iPhone and devices built on Google Inc.’s Android platform. All of that means they can’t afford a sizable drop in services revenue, said Anil Doradla, an analyst at William Blair Co. in New York.
The drop over the next two quarters of services revenue “will not be so severe that they just have to stop their phone business,” said Doradla, who rates RIM the equivalent of a hold. “But it’s not going to be pretty.”
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What I want from the iPhone 5,
Apple is expected to release the iPhone 5 sometime in the second half of 2012. Exact dates are unknown at present but one report has claimed that Apple will launch the handset in August, two months early, in order to stifle Samsung’s Galaxy S3.
We concede that this is a distinct possibility – but there’s no real way of knowing for sure. You see in the run up to an iPhone launch everything (and everybody) starts to go a little crazy – drunk on a bizarre concoction of curiosity, impatience and the potential for masses of traffic.
Many saw Apple’s last handset launch as something of a washout. The iPhone 4S, whilst being a decent update, looked identical to 2010’s iPhone 4, much to the dismay of the millions of people that were expecting the iPhone 5.
Yes, the iPhone 4S featured improved hardware, a better camera, and Siri, one of 2012’s dampest squibs, but it wasn’t enough for many. Apple failed to live up to expectations. This time around it needs to pull out all the stops.
The mobile space has changed a great deal in the last month. During the past 18 months, Apple and Google have collectively dominated the space with their respective mobile platforms. This will change with the advent of Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT, which should, if analysts are correct, turn the mobile space into a three horse race. This makes Apple’s job with the iPhone 5 even harder.
Display Size
This is an obvious point so we’ll get it out of the way first. Apple’s iPhone 5 needs to have a larger display in order to adequately compete with the likes of Samsung’s Galaxy S3 and HTC One X. It doesn’t need to be gigantic like the Galaxy Note’s but it must be bigger than 3.5-inches. It’s no longer 2010. Things have moved on and so should Apple’s iPhone.
Fortunately nearly all the leaks concerning the iPhone 5 seem to confirm that the device does feature a 4-inch Retina Display. One source even went as far as saying the iPhone 5’s display would be its biggest selling point. Sony is currently top dog with regards to display quality with its Xperia S – Apple, no doubt, will be keen to reclaim that crown.
Design
Apple hasn’t touched the design of its iPhone since 2010. Since then a lot has happened within the mobile space like the launch of Windows Phone, Android becoming the world’s number one OS, and the death of Palm, to name but a few choice instances.
The fact that Apple’s iPhone 4S still looks good two years on is testament to just how good the company is at design. Still though: two years without a change isn’t right. Consumers are understandably bored of the conventional iPhone style. For this reason Apple needs to dig deep with the iPhone 5 and introduce the same kind of changes that made the iPhone 4 so special.
A new look iPhone 5 complete with a larger display and brand new design isn’t just desirable – it is essential. Every product, be it a car, PC, laptop or TV, has to evolve and change over time. Refusal to adapt to changing market trends and consumer tastes always ends badly. Just look at what’s happening to RIM.
A6 processor
Apple’s iPhone 5 will reportedly feature an A6 processor built using TSMC’s 28nm process. If true this would make it a direct competitor to Qualcomm’s S4 Snapdragon – the current market leader. The jury’s still out on this one, but recent intelligence suggest that Apple’s A6 processor will be a dual-core setup based on either ARM’s A9 or A15 Cortex chips.
Whilst the Cortex A15 setup would be preferable it’s unlikely to happen as the first devices to carry Cortex A15 processors aren’t scheduled to launch until 2013. This is unfortunate timing for Apple but users needn’t worry because Apple’s A6 processor, providing it is based on TSMC’s 28nm process and not simply a rehash of Apple’s 40nm A5 processor, will yield some massive changes.
Improved battery life, better power efficiency, cooler operating temperatures, better wireless radio-support and console-like gaming are all things associated with Qualcomm’s S4 Snapdragon processor. Apple needs to ensure that all of the above and more are present inside its iPhone 5, particularly with the launch of Samsung’s Exynos 5 processor just around the corner.
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