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T-Mobile boasts budget smartphone for less than £100

Viva la city

T-Mobile officially unveiled a fresh self-branded blower this morning, putting Android smartphones in pockets for under £100.

The T-Mobile Vivacity rocks up with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, a 3.5in capacitive display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a 5Mp camera and an iPhone-esque - silver band around the sides, I ask you - design.

T-Mobile Vivacity

There's a mere 512MB of built-in storage, although the Vivacity supports Micro SD cards of up to 32GB capacity too.

Battery life is on the low side, though, with a rated talk time of four hours, but for that price it's hard to complain too much.

The T-Mobile Vivacity is available now, free on £10 per month contracts or £99 on Pay As You Go. ®

Anonymous Coward

hmmm

wonder if it''s just me who thinks the iPhone 4 is a very dull and boring design?

And yes, I think this cheapo copy is dull and boring too.

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> Say what you liek about apple..

I would, but I can't think of anything.

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Rounded corners?

It'll never be allowed to hit the shelves!

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Or...

I bought my girlfriend an Orange Monte Carlo... Orange had it for £130 including £10 credit. They were also giving away a £25 pre-paid debit card with it and I got £20 off through Quidco.

Total cost for a 4.3" Android phone: £75

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no, it wasn't

"Android was going to be a blackberry knock off until the iphone turned up!"

No, it wasn't. That's simply a myth. http://www.osnews.com/story/25264/Did_Android_Really_Look_Like_BlackBerry_Before_the_iPhone_

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