Guest Lew247 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 I'm in love with my Orange San Francisco, but today I found something that I reckon would be totally awesum http://synapse-phones.com/order.php comments? thoughts? an android with 12 MP camera, xenon flash, 32 Gb of built in storage, 1024 Mb of working memory and so on... I'm going to order one once they start taking orders. I know this might not be the right place to ask about this, but as someone who loves his san francisco it would be interesting to hear other owners views/thoughts, and I'm sure someone will move it if it needs to me
Guest ezablade Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 three times the price for half an inch more screen, then add even more for "standard" features... radio, 3.5mm jack, wi-fi.. add more to get the internal memory up to SF spec... total to get a faster processor and slightly bigger screen.... over €360.... people on here bought the SF because it costs £99, if we wanted to spend over £300, we would have
Guest Anb8 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 I'm in love with my Orange San Francisco, but today I found something that I reckon would be totally awesum http://synapse-phones.com/order.php comments? thoughts? an android with 12 MP camera, xenon flash, 32 Gb of built in storage, 1024 Mb of working memory and so on... I'm going to order one once they start taking orders. I know this might not be the right place to ask about this, but as someone who loves his san francisco it would be interesting to hear other owners views/thoughts, and I'm sure someone will move it if it needs to me I think most people who own OSF love it because of all the features at its great price. I think the price for Synapse phones matches with what they provide, starting at around 300-400 euro for the basic phone platform without any extra options going much higher when adding more stuff. There is no discussion you can get great phone from them, however, it's a different device and market.
Guest rjm2k Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 If someone really wanted to make an impact on Android phones, they would release a truly open source phone, along with all of the code needed for it and they would make the most of the homebrew effort by opening up official development to all rather than forcing people to rely on hacked versions of unofficial releases from leaked/stolen phones. They would be way ahead of the competition.
Guest cobhc Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 These prices in GBP or USD, or what?
Guest pinkllama Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 These prices in GBP or USD, or what? euros
Guest Azurren Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 (edited) Imo stay away. A 20mp camera can take worse shots than a good VGA camera if the drivers / software isn't up to scratch.. Who knows, it could be the best phone ever.. Or it could just be another of those "China Phones" Until it gets some reviews atleast Edited October 29, 2010 by Azurren
Guest Freekers Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 The concept is nice (thanks for the link, never heard about it, didn't knew it excisted!) but this comment below really hits the nail on the head: people on here bought the SF because it costs £99, if we wanted to spend over £300, we would have
Guest Matt Thompson Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 DVB-T (for use in: USA, Canada), +24,99€ Er guys, The yanks don't use DVB-T. They use ATSC. 3,5 mm Audio-Out, +4,99€ FM Radio, +4,99€ Mini-HDMI Out, +14,99€ And these outputs that I don't tick - do you have a different case for people with 3.5mm jack but no HDMI vs. no 3.5mm jack but HDMI, or neither, or both? It seems too good to be true to me - I'm going to call vapourware. Espcially given it's likeness to HTC's HD phones.
Guest JolyonS Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 I like the customisation options - would be interesting to spec up a phone like you do a PC. The OSF was (I assume) subsidised by Orange so it's price is slightly unfair as a comparison with other devices but it was the key to selling it to me and most others here, I'd imagine. Still though if I get to grips with Android and decide it's really got something going for it I might well decide that I'd be prepared to spend iPhone prices on my next phone and if so I'd like something with a similar range of options.
Guest daniel_owen_uk Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 Interesting concept, but for a developer it must be a nightmare! Imagine the custom roms, for those with wifi but only 5mp camera, without wifi with 12mp, with 4g but no wifi etc etc etc. Personally I am hoping my next phone (after the sanfran) will be greater than 1ghz.
Guest blauwal26 Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 The whole customization concept seems like a joke
Guest quails Posted October 29, 2010 Report Posted October 29, 2010 My wife has a Samsung Galaxy S, I have an iPhone, just got an SF for teen daughter - I'm no expert or power user but I think we were conned, compared to what the SF does for <£100 the others aren't that much better. I've replaced the firmware with the modaco rom, with HTC style "Fancy Widget" on home page - it looks soo cool.
Guest jsplace Posted October 30, 2010 Report Posted October 30, 2010 I too call this one as vapourware atm. Until I am proven wrong lol. Many people in their blog agree too.
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