First orange launched vegas (it seemed to be the most cheapest phone in 2009 to me as compared to other branded mobile phones), then came orange san francisco (well it was quite good with entry level hardware but didn't impressed me ) and now orange barcelona. So far i found orange mainly customizing zte phones but why dont they create something innovative rather than customizing zte's (coz previous two phones vegas and san francisco were modification of ZTE phone models ) and now they changed their mind customizing even huawei phones .

In my opinion buying francisco on contract with orange is not a good idea (unfortunately my brother bought it on contract with orange for 18 mnths jst 2 weeks ago and this is where he made a mistake ) as their business monopolies restricts the built in orange android os to be upgraded to other available open source android versions while all other smart phones running on android os (either gingerbread or froyo) could be easily upgraded to latest os version as per an individuals will however this is not the case with orange san francisco.

Touch screen seems quite impressive to me with useful compass, gps, orientation sensor however there are lots of useless software which makes it difficult to use even making it slow and also lacks functionality. But orange san francisco as per its price is jst an entry level android but to me it seems quite impressive while battery (Oh my god it really sucks), os 2.1 and 3.2mp camera are totally rubbish. So to individuals opting for a budget friendly android i feel it its not that bad.