Orange Barcelona

A well-built QWERTY handset, but it's underpowered and has some annoying software quirks

Nice build, good keyboard, most of the key Android features at a lower price

The screen, while capacitive, is just too tiny to serve all the phone?s features

Does the Barcelona make a better buy than the identically priced San Francisco? The battery life is a little better it has a more up-to-date OS, but the San Fran has the bigger and better screen so it all comes down to how you prefer your keyboard:...

Lots of features at a low price; decent keyboard; solid build quality

The capacitive display is too small to do the handset's features justice

We were disappointed that the display was so small - we're not sure that a touch-display of this size is much use. However, if you want to try the Android experience on a decent-priced handset with excellent connectivity - and get a good (if a little...

Detailed by Orange as "sleek and ergonomic", this re-branded Huawei handset immediately comes across as a cut-price alternative to the BlackBerry Bold 9900. It's by no means as "pretty" as RIM's latest offering, although it manages to weigh in at just...

looks good, keypad feels solid and is easy to use and accurate, easy to transfer photos etc to pc via usb

awful, slow predictive text that I can't switch off, very slow camera with a bad lag between clicking and the photo being taken, very poor battery life, very slow to switch between apps or screens .. just a frustrating phone to use

like the idea of the keyboard.it is so easy to use.

Easy to use, I have big fingers but the qwerty keyboard is first class. It,s a nice piece of kit and terrific value. Would have paid more.

battery life is not stunning but probably typical for this type of phone.