Vodafone Smart deals & review

The Smart is part of Vodafone´s range of own brand affordable smartphones and is essentially an updated version of the earlier Vodafone 845. The Smart now features an improved version of Google Android and also has a superior touchscreen. It is also an interesting phone for its changeable battery covers – a phone feature that was once very popular but for some reason fell by the wayside in favour of monochrome black or, if you´re lucky, white casings.

The Smart features a similar sized screen to the 845, measuring at 2.8 inches. This places it on the smaller side of touchscreen phones making it more portable than some other devices, but at the same time still provides plenty of room to enjoy touchscreen and visual features. The big change with this screen over the earlier 845 is that it now uses capacitive technology. This allows for a more comfortable touchscreen experience and also greater responsiveness.

The updated Android Froyo also provides some great benefits including Adobe Flash support and access to Android Market. With Android Market you can obtain thousands of free apps and games to enjoy. The phone also comes with some apps and games included and also features quick access to Facebook and Twitter from the homepage. Here you can also quickly access other features like the Vodafone Prepay Manager where you can easily top up the phone.

The phone comes with 3G and Wi-Fi which are only just starting to become regular features of more affordable handsets. These connectivity options allow you to enjoy some great online features including email, instant messaging, social networking as well as just general web browsing.

The real feature that makes this phone stand out from amongst the affordable smartphone market is the swappable battery covers. You can choose from a range of colours as well as a range of graphical designs, and can even design your own phone cover online.