White San Francisco arrives!

[Guest t0mm13b]

Oh, I see. I guess they saw an opportunity to make easy money, having people buy £20 instead of £10 top up.

I had to pay £139.99 on Ebay though, I bought it when the operators announced the Swedish version were going to have 256MB RAM.

That was false though, the Swedish version will also have 512MB RAM, lol.

I recall that about 3 days ago, play.com has advertised the white handset as coming with 256MB RAM and LCD screen, but now it seems to have changed to OLED and 512MB RAM....

Can anyone confirm? :P

[Guest jchamier]

Can you go look in Settings/About Phone and tell us the version number? is it OUK_P729BV1.0.0B05?

version is OUK_P729BV1.0.0B08

Baseband is P729BB01

Kernel 2.6.29

Firmware version 2.1-update1

Internal Phone Storage - Available space is 166mb, and I have a 2gb microSD preinstalled.

[Guest Paul]

Can you tell if it's OLED?

P

[Guest jchamier]

Can you tell if it's OLED?

I think it is... very nice screen whatever.

In Task Manager:

System Used Memory: 177.67 M

System Free Memory: 236.29 M

System Total Memory: 414.81 M

[Guest igors_s]

I think it is... very nice screen whatever.

In Task Manager:

System Used Memory: 177.67 M

System Free Memory: 236.29 M

System Total Memory: 414.81 M

set the screen timeout to a low value and open a white page (in browser for example).

If the screen has pinkish tint when dimmed then it's OLED.

i really hope it is!

[Guest phillai]

The white one, does it look like it's more prone to scratches?

If it is, then I think I'd keep my grey one.

I've dropped my grey one already pretty hard on tiled floor and I didn't even get one scratch!!

[Guest mrflibbles]

version is OUK_P729BV1.0.0B08

Is that a new build of 2.1?

Get it dumped :P

Edited December 2, 2010 by mrflibbles

[Guest Paul]

Could well be...? Pretty minor tho going by the version number?

P

[Guest dizzytiz]

I went into the Orange store to fondle the white one, they literally had 1 in stock and neither of the staff even knew it was there until I asked.

Anyway, it looks very slick, I am just worried about scratches on the white surface, it looked so shiny that I could swear it was painted, although the sales girl assured me it wasn't.

Didn't buy it in the end, sticking to my grey one. Regretting it already? Maybe.

[Guest Lollingsgrad]

Anyway, it looks very slick, I am just worried about scratches on the white surface, it looked so shiny that I could swear it was painted, although the sales girl assured me it wasn't.

I've seen evidence to the contrary. You probably made a wise decision.

[Guest Azurren]

I've seen evidence to the contrary. You probably made a wise decision.

That white doesn't look half as shiny as the "newer" white though

Perhaps this is why it was delayed?

[Guest Simon O]

I've seen evidence to the contrary. You probably made a wise decision.

That's the prototype phone which was a white rubberised coating similar to the grey phones, which can easily come off. ZTE are making them out of white plastic to resolve that issue. I've had a play with a retail unit in the Orange store and I've even had the back off to confirm if it's white plastic or not. It is. No need to worry.

[Guest jchamier]

set the screen timeout to a low value and open a white page (in browser for example).

If the screen has pinkish tint when dimmed then it's OLED.

i really hope it is!

Ok, I did what you said, and used the Orange home page in the browser, scrolled down so it was mostly white with some text links.

The screen dimmed after a few seconds, and I'd say it was slightly grey, but you might see that as a pinkish tint. Then a few more seconds it goes off. (I set it to the 15second auto dim).

Does that help ? :P Its a lovely screen.

[Guest jchamier]

That's the prototype phone which was a white rubberised coating similar to the grey phones, which can easily come off. ZTE are making them out of white plastic to resolve that issue. I've had a play with a retail unit in the Orange store and I've even had the back off to confirm if it's white plastic or not. It is. No need to worry.

Concur the back outside is shiny (with the orange logo) but inside its genuine white plastic and not painted as you can easily tell. Its matte inside, not reflective.

It cannot be painted, or I'd have cracked the paint off already with my ham fisted attempts to get the back off :P

[Guest theInquisitor]

That's the prototype phone which was a white rubberised coating similar to the grey phones, which can easily come off. ZTE are making them out of white plastic to resolve that issue. I've had a play with a retail unit in the Orange store and I've even had the back off to confirm if it's white plastic or not. It is. No need to worry.

Am I right in thinking that the white version does not come with the rubberished coating which the grey one has?

[Guest dizzytiz]

Am I right in thinking that the white version does not come with the rubberished coating which the grey one has?

Correct. The white version is not matte, but shiny/glossy white.

[Guest igors_s]

gonna order one for my significant other as soon as the screen is confirmed OLED :P

Edited December 2, 2010 by igors_s

[Guest xavia]

Well done! My Grey one arrived from Orange today and I'm just testing a few ROMs for the first time. Amazing phone. Can you tell us whether the screen is OLED and how much RAM it has? i was going for the white one until play.com pushed it to the 16th.

hi there :]

can you tell me if your SF came with OLED screen? there were some rumors about the orange SF turning to LCD screen and.. btw, anyone knows if the white is still OLED screen?

ty for your help.

[Guest]

hi there :]

can you tell me if your SF came with OLED screen? there were some rumors about the orange SF turning to LCD screen and.. btw, anyone knows if the white is still OLED screen?

ty for your help.

Hey, the grey one definitely still has an OLED screen. Mine arrived from oranage.co.uk yesterday but they are currently sold out again. I'm sure they will get more stock soon and they probably still have a lot left in store. Can't answer your question about the white version however.

Edited December 2, 2010 by Guest

[Guest scoobydoo99]

Just picked up a white one tonight in Aberdeen - only delivered to store today.

Waiting for an 8gb sdhc to arrive and it'll be clockworked and deoranged with Seb's 404 rom. I've now a grey one and a white one but they're both christmas presents. I'll be ordering one for myself once I decide what colour I prefer.

[Guest Sebastian404]

Just picked up a white one tonight in Aberdeen - only delivered to store today.

Waiting for an 8gb sdhc to arrive and it'll be clockworked and deoranged with Seb's 404 rom. I've now a grey one and a white one but they're both christmas presents. I'll be ordering one for myself once I decide what colour I prefer.

BEFORE you flash it, can you check the version number and see what it is! Orange may of sneaked out the update with this phone!

[Guest scoobydoo99]

BEFORE you flash it, can you check the version number and see what it is! Orange may of sneaked out the update with this phone!

Firmware version number is 2.1-update1

Kernel is 2.6.29

Build number is OUK_P729BV1.0.0B08

[Guest oh!dougal]

Firmware version number is 2.1-update1

Kernel is 2.6.29

Build number is OUK_P729BV1.0.0B08

That is a new version for/from Orange.

I think Seb would be VERY keen to see it -- so please hold off doing anything to it until you have a rom dump.

Hey, if nothing else, you yourself might be thankful that the dump exists, so you could return the phone "as standard" should any warranty issue arise ...

But it could be the basis for a 'definitive' 2.1 vanilla rom.

It'll be interesting to see if it has newer fixes than even the Finnish rom, which seems at this point, the most developed production 2.1 ...

Edited December 2, 2010 by oh!dougal

[Guest Sebastian404]

That is a new version for/from Orange.

I think Seb would be VERY keen to see it

Me? meh, why would I care ? ;P

I've already messaged him ;)

[Guest scoobydoo99]

That is a new version for/from Orange.

I think Seb would be VERY keen to see it -- so please hold off doing anything to it until you have a rom dump.

Hey, if nothing else, you yourself might be thankful that the dump exists, so you could return the phone "as standard" should any warranty issue arise ...

Already in hand ;)