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Vodafone VFD200-WSPUK01 Smart First 7 with Vodafone Sim - Black

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Estimated delivery times are provided to us by the respective delivery companies. We pass this information onto you, the customer. The right side is where you’ll find the power button and the volume controls. There’s a grey strip running arund the edge of the phone. This button arrangement is a design theme you’ll see carried across the other “Vodafone Smart” handsets in the range.

Whilst it’s made of plastic it certainly feels like it could take a bit of abuse. It does creek a little when you apply a bit of pressure to it but after all it’s plastic so there isn’t much to say here. The camera is a 2 megapixel unit and it’s fixed focus. Stuff is blurry and a bit hit-and-miss. Don’t even think about low-light photos. Not happening dude. Auto-brightness detection for the screen? No way. The only speaker is the actual ear piece around the front of the phone. Now I suspect this a cost cutting measure, but it is quite nice as it means that it is a front facing speaker which means rarely is it covered accidentally. You may think that it may be to loud when making an actual phone call but it’s not, it does get loud when on speaker phone and whilst using it for media volume however. PerformanceThe specifications of the device are, as would be imagined, aligned to the price point of this device.

Vodafone are often known for their big flagship alliances with OEMs. This year has seen them in bed with the likes of HTC and Samsung to unveil plans for their latest flagships and market them appropriately. However Vodafone are known for budget options also, and the Vodafone Smart First 6 is the latest in that lineup. Let’s take a look. For a device that is aimed at new smartphone users, it is ironic that it could well do as much to push adopters away from the platform as pull them in! The hardware choices mean that compromises in all areas are immediately visible to users. Is this what new adopters want to see when they are pushed towards a smartphone by the media marketing machine in top gear? We suspect not. Vodafone have been one carrier that has pushed its own devices quite heavily in promotional material, both online, TV, and in store, for a couple of generations now. Partnering again with ZTE, Vodafone are producing devices at a devastatingly low-cost. Chris takes a look at the Vodafone Smart First 7 in his full review.

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The issue with the device is also its biggest strength. The price will attract consumers, however it also means the components are suitably cheap. The CPU, display and optics take the brunt of the slashed cost of the bill of materials and make the experience of using this device less than desirable. I came into this expecting very little from this device due to fact that it had only had 512mb RAM but I was really quite surprised. At first I left the animation speed at the original speed and it was very usable, very pleasant . It can only hold a few apps for multitasking, before it starts to slow down but then again it only has 512mb of RAM so you can not expect too much really. After changing the animation to 0.5x it made the device feel a hell of lot faster which is always a welcome sensation. Camera

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