Orange U.K. announced the San Francisco, the first smartphone in its new series of Orange-branded affordable Android phones. The Orange San Francisco costs £99 ($153) and is available with Orange's pay-as-you-go plans. It runs Android 2.1 and has WiFi, Bluetooth, and 3G connectivity. It offers 150MB of internal storage and a 2GB microSD card and can support up to 32GB micrOSD cards. The device offers a touchscreen display, although its size ... Read More

Orange has claimed that it has broken sales records with its release of the Orange iPhone 3G and 3GS, selling 30,000 units in the first day of release. "As of 4pm today Orange had sold more than30,000 iPhones across the UK – smashing what we believe is the previously published first day sales records for a handset in the UK." However, it's unclear how this stacks up against rival networks, including O2's ... Read More

After officially announcing that it would carry the iPhone (thus ending O2’s exclusivity), Orange UK has recently unveiled the exact release date of its iPhone: November 10. Orange will offer both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS, for various prices – from free to £225 ($369), depending on the length of the contract and the data plan you’re choosing. Customers will also be able to buy the iPhone on Pay As ... Read More

As you probably know already O2 UK no longer claims the iPhone exclusivity and Orange is the second UK carrier to offer the device in its UK network. The latest piece of intel however has 10 November as the most probable release date. In a quite tight-lipped manner Orange UK recently announced their agreement with Apple to offer iPhone 3G and 3GS. Plans and release date were kept a secret until ... Read More

It may not be coming to Orange UK but the Romania Orange clients are sure to get the HTC HD2 in December according to Razvan Sturza, M2M Proposition manager Orange: “We expect to sell a few thousand units and in December we will launch HTC HD2. This model is in stock but does not have applications Windows Mobile 6.5 installed yet” And According to the marketing director of Microsoft Romania, Dan Bulucea, ... Read More

According to Mobifrance, Orange France is gpong to launch the HTC HD2 / Leo on November 12. No info on the price though but It’s probably safe to assume that it’s going to be similar to the HTC Touch HD a year ago. Other operators are also probably going to get at the same time. ... Read More

Well well, turns out rumors sometimes do come true. The widely speculated end to O2's exclusivity of the iPhone is now upon us and Orange is the first competitor to throw its hat into the ring. The company has not yet released tariff pricing, but there's a tantalizingly small release window, as availability is promised "later this year." At least there's finally some competition when it comes to the iPhone ... Read More

Orange has announced that it will begin offering Motorola's first Android smartphone next month. The new handset, which will be called the DEXT in Europe, is based upon the Motorola CLIQ that was announced for T-Mobile USA last week. It will be available in early October free for customers with a two year contract and a 34.26 GBP per month plan. The Android powered QWERTY smartphone features a large touchscreen display ... Read More