Yesterday I got hold of the new T-Mobile Vivacity, which is a ZTE Crescent or Orange San Francisco in a different case. I thought I would give you a few first impressions and photos now and a slightly more in-depth review next week once I have really got to grips with it.
The T-Mobile Vivacity has a pretty basic specification, but I guess that is the point really. This type of device is what will captivate the minds of all of those clever hacker people and will attract “normal” people to buy them as well. The spec is as follows.
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
|---|---|---|
| 3G Network | HSDPA | |
| Announced | 2011, November | |
| Status | Available. Released 2011, November |
| SIZE | Dimensions | 115 x 58 x 10.5 mm |
|---|---|---|
| Weight | 118 g |
| DISPLAY | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 480 x 800 pixels, 3.5 inches (~267 ppi pixel density) | |
| – Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate – Touch-sensitive controls |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3, WAV ringtones |
|---|---|---|
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes |
| MEMORY | Phonebook | Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall |
|---|---|---|
| Call records | Practically unlimited | |
| Internal | 512 MB | |
| Card slot | microSD, up to 32GB, 2 GB included |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| EDGE | Yes | |
| 3G | HSPA+ | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, with A2DP | |
| Infrared port | No | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
| CAMERA | Primary | 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, LED flash |
|---|---|---|
| Features | Geo-tagging | |
| Video | Yes | |
| Secondary | Yes |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread) |
|---|---|---|
| Messaging | SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| Games | Yes + downloadable | |
| Colors | Black | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| – SNS integration – MP4/WMV/H.264/H.263 player – MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player – Organizer – Document viewer – Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration – Voice memo/dial – Predictive text input |
| BATTERY | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh | |
|---|---|---|
| Stand-by | Up to 200 h | |
| Talk time | Up to 4 h |
| MISC | Price group | |
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Pros
Cheap, lightweight, reasonable spec for the price, 5.0mp camera with flash, front facing camera for video calls, micro sdhc card slot, capacitive soft touch buttons beneath the screen, gps, good custom rom developer following starting to grow already and lastly it is the full Google experience so all your contacts, calendar, email etc are synced across easily.
Cons
Plasticy, basic spec, small internal memory (128mb available for apps) and it is a little bit laggy between screens.
Conclusion
If you want a cheap second phone to hack the wotsits out of, then this is for you. If you want a cheap device to get to know how Android works, then this is for you. Overall I like it, at times my Samsung Galaxy S2 seems a little large and this is the ideal remedy to that. Once I have got a bigger memory card in it and installed some more apps I will be happy with it. And yes I know it looks very much like an iPhone.
For the review though we would like to cover what you guys would actually like to see. In the comments below leave your requests for what you want covering in the review and I will try my hardest to include it in the review.
Links – T-Mobile
is there a big commuinty behind it like there was for the blade?
Hi Scott
Yes things are picking up already. It has root and custom recovery available on modaco.
Hey James,
where is the full review?
REg
Panky
It’s on our front page.
Or here
http://www.coolsmartphone.com/2011/12/09/t-mobile-vivacity-review/
Hi there. Please could you let me know what the audio quality is like? I had read that it was pretty poor on the original Orange San Fransisco. Thanks.
Audio quality is quite good. Not as good as my sgs2 though. It does have a slight hiss in the background which some cheaper devices quite often have. I will cover sound quality in the review.
Is the screen like the original San Fran or the poorer San Fran 2??? You specify TFT & Capacitive touch!
The screen isn’t oled like the early san fran models. It is tft lcd like the newer ones. It is not the brightest either. I will look at this during the review.
Cons should include;
Skype video doesn’t work, says not compatible. (Audio OK)
BBC iPlayer doesn’t work, Flash Player 11 not compatible !
Very disappointing considering it is latest gen phone.
Think mine is going back for credit.
adobe flash 11 arm6 on xda works well for iplayer, skype now working with front camera hope this helps
Hi. Do you have a rough idea when you might be able to post the full review? I’m holding off buying one until then 🙂
Hi Anthony
It will be posted later on this morning. Remember you get what you pay for!
I would like to use mine for Sky Go, or watching live streaming but have been told that I need something called ‘Flash’ but then find out ‘Flash’ is not compatable with this phone. Any way aroound this issue or not? Thanks
I would like to use mine for Sky Go, or watching live streaming but have been told that I need something called ‘Flash’ but then find out ‘Flash’ is not compatable with this phone. Any way aroound this issue or not? Thanks
hi. someone can tell me what language / languages existing in T-Mobile vivacity ?