We’ve finally tracked down a few shots of the Orange ‘Boston’ Android phone, which was mentioned on the internet last week in several European news reports – but no one had any photos. And we HATE doing news without photos.
The initial reports claimed Boston would launch for the headline-grabbing price of “one euro” on Orange across Europe – but obviously it’ll depend on contracts and top-ups and what have you to keep it alive and working going forward.
Here it is:
Boston is believed to be designed and built for Orange by manufacturer Foxconn. Hopefully we’ll get an official announcement from Orange in the near future with the dates and money details, as with a 3.2″ screen and super-cheap price tag it could be a serious contender at the “mass” end of the smartphones market.
The specs:
- 3.2″ screen at 480 x 320
- Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Qualcomm 600MHz processor
- 256MB RAM
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- GPS
- microSD
- 5megapixel camera
- Android 1.6
The Panasonic Eluga marks the company’s return to the European mobile phone scene years after several years of absence, and it’s come back to us with a moderately high-spec Android model that features a rather stylish, slim case.
The HTC One V is HTC’s third entry in its high-profile new HTC One range, offering a smaller 3.7″ display running on a single-core 1GHz processor. It is is very much the “affordable” option in HTC’s newest Android series, but…
The HTC One S is the piggy in the middle of HTC’s 2012 line-up, offering a 4.3″ AMOLED display inside a very slim and stylish aluminium chassis. The end result is a phone that’s very, very slim and stylish.
HTC’s new quad-core monster, the 4.7″ flagship for 2012 that introduces the Tegra 3 processor to mobile phones, updates HTC’s range to Android 4.0 and brings us the supposedly streamlined version 4.0 of HTC’s Sense user interface.
Sony returns with an all-new mobile design for 2012, pairing a dual-core processor with a 720p display. It’s a lovely phone, but is it enough to end our Samsung and HTC obsession?
LG’s updated Prada phone comes with an absolutely crazy black & white theme, but is it just for fashionable suit wearers who want to make themselves look a bit more interesting?
Merago
/ April 13, 2010That’s easier on the eye than I’d thought it would be to be honest. Not a bad effort at all. I wonder what sort of plans (if any) Orange/Foxconn have for updating the OS on the thing?
Gary C
/ April 13, 2010It looks worryingly similar to my Magic. I don’t want people to think I’m using a bloody Orange Boston :(
Janne
/ April 14, 2010The name does sound like something you’d order at a hotel lounge: “I’ll have an Orange Boston, hold the twist.”
smartlife
/ April 21, 2010thanks for the Boston Android phone news,How about the price would be?
Tuppney
/ May 17, 2010I have ordered one of these phones today, due to be delivered on Thursday morning.
Gary C
/ May 17, 2010It’s out for ordering already? Where do you live, Tuppney? It’s not on Orange UK’s site as yet.
Tuppney
/ May 24, 2010I live in Spain. I have now got it! Only had it since Thursday but am so far VERY pleased with it. My contract was due to finish so chose it as a free upgrade along with a tarif of 12€ per month for unlimited Internet access. Elegant looking phone with good applications, very easy to use. Would recommend it if you want all the latest features and good value for money. All I need now is to know where I can get some accessories for it from e.g. car charger, silicone skin etc. If anyone has any recommendations please let me know?
chris
/ June 10, 2010I live in Spain and got one last thursday. I find the keyboard small a for a mans fingers and the battery quickly runs down otherwise its just ok, nothing spectacular.
Gary C
/ June 10, 2010Everything’s a bit small for “mans fingers”.
There’s no way my granddad would be able to use a modern phone, his hands were MASSIVE.
chris
/ June 12, 2010To Tuppney. try http://www.MobileFun.co.uk/Boston everything you need ,gud luk
Tuppney
/ August 12, 2010Thank you, and they deliver to Spain!
I have bought a car charger from the Orange shop (In England) and found a cool case to fit in a shop near where I live. I have found that most iPhone cases are suitable.
Have now had the phone for nearly 2 months and am loving it still. Although have noticed that it has the same problem as the new iPhone in that if you have you hand over the bottom left hand corner while talking it reduces the signal. I soon got to used to holding it a better way though and it works superbly!
I had problems with the small keyboard too but if you turn it sideways it is bigger and you soon get used to it, even with Shrek fingers.
bdansilviu
/ June 26, 2010Does anyone know what is the maximum video resolution for the camcorder and if the GPS works good? And also, can the camera flash light be used like a small torch? Thanks.
Tuppney
/ August 12, 2010Hi bdansilviu
I have used the Google maps app and it works fine. I also tend to use the Navigation app as a GPS and again it is fine (specially as we live in the middle of nowhere).
I have the flashlight app (free) and use it every Friday night as a torch when walking back from the, dare I say it pub. It is not a laser but lights the way enough to see where we are going and more importantly for people to see us.
Eliana
/ August 16, 2010Ola Tuppney
Eu comprei um Boston android so que eu nao sei mexer com ele sera que me podia explicar como e que colocou a navegaçao por gps e a lanterna e que eu nao consigo?
Obrigada
koss
/ July 6, 2010Can anyoane upload and share the link of picture samples taken with this phone camera??
Pedro Polonio
/ July 25, 2010I want to buy boston covers
Tuppney
/ August 12, 2010Do you mean silicone skin or just a case?
I haven’t managed to find silicone skin but have found that nearly ALL iPhone cases are suitable. These can be bought from almost anywhere but there is quite a nice Samsonite one on the website that Chris quotes in a previous post.
termo
/ September 7, 2010ROMS and tools for boston in: boston-mania.blogspot.com
adrian
/ April 27, 2013Hi I have a orage Boston Chest broke and it’s quiet here in Romania I can do?