Orange Vegas: Making touchscreens more affordable
Friday, April 24, 2009 8:19UK mobile phone buyers in the market for a cheap “feature phone” that eschews traditional and clumsy buttons in favor of a touchy feely screen will have a nice little option starting now. The device, the “Orange Vegas”, is a new low cost offering from Orange UK that is the latest phone to claim the title of cheapest touchscreen phone. Now we all know that cheap doesn’t really ever mean better as features get cut and specs get lower in proportion to the price. However, the Vegas isn’t all that bad. Available in black or pink, the Vegas will give users features such as:
- 2.4″ touchscreen
- dual-band GPRS
- 1.3 megapixel camera
- FM Radio
- MP3 playback
- 128MB internal memory
- Support for up to 4GB microSD cards
- weight: 84 grams
The best parts are: the price, £48.50 (or $71 USD for you dollar users), pay-as-you-go plans, 300 free texts with any £10 top up, £10 credit and unlimited access to popular sites such as Bebo, Facebook, and MySpace. The services aspect of the Vegas is definitely the bread and butter of this little wonder device. Orange users, is this affordable touchscreen the phone of your dreams? Feature wise it isn’t that hot. But hey, not everyone needs the world in the fingertips - really! At least it looks pretty cool and expensive.
Source: Boy Genius, *Image source: IT Tech News*