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Buying Guide: Which is the best Orange phone?

<div class="ex"><p align="center"><img alt="Buying Guide: Which is the best Orange phone?" src="http://www.new-technology-news.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Orange-470-75.jpg"></p><p>Panther, Dolphin, Canary, Monkey, Camel and Racoon. You’d be forgiven for thinking we’d been on Safari, alas we’re not THAT lucky. </p><p>As we squirrel away (see what we did there?) our hard earned dosh, we like to know that we get the best from our network. This tends to vary from person to person: cue Orange’s slightly incomprehensible animal plans.</p><p>On a pay monthly contract, text-hungry users are presented with the Canary Plan, talkers could have the call based Racoon Plan, and then there’s the Dolphin Plan, which adds in some data too. </p><p>However, should you want, as Orange suggest, “everything”, it has created the Panther Plan. True to its word, included are minutes, texts, tether-able data, Wifi and what they call “swapables”. </p><p>Simply put, these are extras that can be changed monthly depending on your preference. You can choose from Mobile TV options, Deezer music streaming, Game or Book downloads, Puzzles and more.</p><p>If that’s not enough, available for every plan, for a fiver a month, are a range of optional extras including 500MB of data, Photo Messaging, Sat Nav, Gaming and Sky Sports Mobile TV.</p><p>Pay as you go users are similarly treated to a range of plans, each providing differing bonuses per top up, as well as a Phone Fund to contribute to your next mobile purchase, and the ability to top up from as little as 10p.</p><p>Oh and before we forget, there’s Orange Wednesdays and Film Thursdays, available to all their customers. The premier being 2 for 1 tickets to the cinema, the latter, a free film download from iTunes. </p><p>So those are the plans, but what are the phones?</p><h4>Apple iPhone 4S</h4><p>Its unsurprising to see the 4S here really, given that Apple’s device has taken the market by storm. Backed with an impressive App Store, the 4S brings greater functionality and faster speeds than previous iterations. This is all shown off beautifully on Apple’s stunning, pin-sharp Retina display and its quick, smooth processor. </p><p>Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray</p><p>They say big is beautiful, but as the adage goes, it’s not about size, it’s about what you do with it. Powered by a skinned Android Gingerbread (2.3) and an update to Ice Cream Sandwich incoming, the Xperia Ray can do a lot. Whether web browsing or multitasking, the 1GHz processor powers through nicely, and the clear sharp display shows off photos taken on the 8MP camera well.</p><p><strong>HTC Sensation XE</strong></p><p>Also positioning itself towards the top is, forgive us, the sensation-al XE. The first thing we have to mention is the sound. It might not be to everyone’s taste, but the Beats Audio technology, that HTC has moved to acquire, adds an extra level to a quality phone. It also comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and Sense 3.6 to keep it up to date.</p><p align="center"><img alt="HTC One X" src="http://www.new-technology-news.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/htc-one-x1-420-100.jpg" width="420/"></p><h4>HTC One X</h4><p>The HTC One X has bounded onto the scene, and with its HD screen, NFC capabilities and quad-core processor it really is one of the top phones of the moment.</p><p>It’s running the latest version of Android in the shape of Ice Cream Sandwich, plus one of the best cameras on the market – capable of shooting 99 photos in a row and taking snaps while recording in 1080p HD. In short, one of the best phones around right now.</p><p><strong>Orange Monte Carlo</strong></p><p>It’s not very often that a network branded phone can make its way into a best phone list, but Orange have a low cost handset with a fair amount of technology. If you can accept some compromises, you’re rewarded with a large responsive screen on top of a surprisingly smooth 800MHz processor. Bundled is also a MediaShare app which makes content streaming nice for beginners too.</p><h4>Samsung Galaxy S2</h4><p>Mentioned once or twice before, the S2 has to make any list. Although fast approaching its first birthday, and being surrounded by some high end competition, we still love it. Vivid colours make media a dream, and multitasking has to be seen to be believed thanks to its lightning processor. It even looks amazing in its super slim chassis.<a href="http://da.feedsportal.com/r/132733319416/u/49/f/9809/c/669/s/1ecdd18d/kg/315-316-318-326-327/a2.htm"><img border="0" src=""></a><img border="0" height="1/" src="" width="1"><img height="1/" src="" width="1"> </p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/techradar/allnews/%7E3/5SSxwYdI8vo/story01.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">View the original article here</a></p><p></p><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="snap_nopreview sharing robots-nocontent"><ul><li class="sharing_label">Want to share?:</li><li class="share-email share-regular share-service-visible"><a class="share-email share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/?share=email&nb=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Click to email this to a friend">Email</a></li><li class="share-print share-regular"><a class="share-print share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/#print" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Click to print">Print</a></li><li class="share-digg share-regular"><a class="share-digg share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/?share=digg&nb=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Click to Digg this post">Digg</a></li><li class="share-facebook share-regular"><a class="share-facebook share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/?share=facebook&nb=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Share on Facebook">Facebook</a></li><li class="share-reddit share-regular"><a class="share-reddit share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/?share=reddit&nb=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Click to share on Reddit">Reddit</a></li><li class="share-stumbleupon share-regular"><a class="share-stumbleupon share-icon" href="http://www.new-technology-news.net/buying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone/?share=stumbleupon&nb=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="Click to share on StumbleUpon">StumbleUpon</a></li><li class="share-twitter share-regular"><div class="twitter_button"><iframe allowtransparency="true" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.html?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.new-technology-news.net%2Fbuying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone%2F&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.new-technology-news.net%2Fbuying-guide-which-is-the-best-orange-phone%2F&count=horizontal&text=Buying%20Guide%3A%20Which%20is%20the%20best%20Orange%20phone%3F:%20" style="width: 97px; height: 20px;" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></div></li><li class="share-end"></li></ul><div class="sharing-clear"></div></div></div>

Buying Guide: Which is the best Orange phone?

Panther, Dolphin, Canary, Monkey, Camel and Racoon. You’d be forgiven for thinking we’d been on Safari, alas we’re not THAT lucky. As we squ...

Pantech Breakout brings $100 LTE to Verizon

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There’s also WiFi b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0, along with a 5-megapixel camera capable of up to 720p HD video recording. A front-facing webcam runs at VGA resolution for video calls, while there’s an 8GB microSD card preloaded out of the box. OS is Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and Verizon preinstalls Swype for easier text entry along with a mobile hotspot app capable of supporting up to 10 devices simultaneously.</div>
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At under a ton, it’s certainly one of the cheapest ways to get Android and LTE in the same package, but we can’t help but think that most users would be better off spending a little more upfront for something like the DROID BIONIC. While that has a $200 larger sticker price, true, that’s not much amortized over the course of the contract, and you’re getting a faster, more impressive device all round.</div>
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Pantech Breakout brings $100 LTE to Verizon

Pantech’s budget 4G LTE smartphone, the Breakout, has been officially announced for Verizon, where it will go on sale come September 22....

Dell Streak slips to $100 on contract at Best Buy

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<iframe align="right" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=latesttecompu-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B003XVYBU8&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Discounts are raining down from the heavens these days as retailers try to offload old stock and do a bit of tidying up before rolling in the fresh batch of 2011 smartphones. Best Buy is keeping with this trend by treating its customers to a nice big saving on the AT&T-attached Dell Streak, offering it up for a mere $100 in upfront costs. The typical two-year commitment will be required from you, but that might just be worth it for this 5-inch Android slate, particularly if you load it up with the latest firmware.<br>
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Dell Streak slips to $100 on contract at Best Buy

Discounts are raining down from the heavens these days as retailers try to offload old stock and do a bit of tidying up before rolling in t...

Three dwarves Orange iPad contract pricing

<img src="http://cdn.mos.techradar.com/Review%20images/TechRadar/Gadgets/Apple%20iPad/More%20pics/1004ipad_hometimes-200-200.jpg"><br /><P>Three has announced its contract iPad prices, with the main headline the amount of data on offer.</P><br /><P>Users can only get the iPad on a £25 a month, two year deal, with varying costs up front for the device itself.</P><br /><P>The 16GB version will cost £199, the 32GB offering £249 and the largest capacity of 64GB coming in at £349.</P><br /><P><STRONG>More gigs for your money</STRONG></P><br /><P>However, while <a href="http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/orange-announces-new-cheaper-ipad-plans-911428">Orange is offering</A> 1GB of 3G data, plus another 1GB from midnight to 4PM (its so-called 'quiet period') as well as unlimited Wi-Fi, Three has blown this out of the water by letting you nab 15GB of data a month for the same price.</P><br /><P>Users can also pick up the iPad on pay as you go tariffs, ranging from £529 to £699 depending on the storage option used.</P><br /><P>The new deals are available from today, so if you fancy a boatload of data with your Apple tablet and feel you can love it like a second child for two years, then this could be the option for you.</P>

Three dwarves Orange iPad contract pricing

Three has announced its contract iPad prices, with the main headline the amount of data on offer. Users can only get the iPad on a £25 a mon...