Vodafone V710 the 3G Cellphone

The Vodafone 710 is an astonishingly dull 3G phone. As the name suggest, this is strictly a Vodafone-only affair, and other carriers won’t exactly have any sleepless nights over this particular phone.

There is something slightly interesting about the Vodafone 710 which is that it’s made by Huawei Mobile of China, and it’s the first time we’ve seen a Huawei handset launched as a mainstream European phone.

Technical specification of the Vodafone 710 that is inspiring - it’s a 3G phone with a 176×220 pixel display, 1.3 megapixel camera and mini-SD removable memory. There’s an MP3 player, Bluetooth, a web browser and email client and the Vodafone 710 comes in at a reasonable 99 grams. It’s a fairly smart looking handset, and it looks like it’s not going to be expensive either with a 64Mb memory card in the box too.

Vodafone V710 specification:
Network: GSM 900/1800/1900 + UMTS 2100
Data: GPRS + UMTS (3G)
Screen: 176×220 pixels, 262k colours (main)
Camera: 1.3 megapixels (main)
Size: Medium clamshell Size tbc / 99 grams
Bluetooth: Yes
Memory card: mini SD
Infra-red: No
Polyphonic: Yes
Java: Yes
Battery life: 3 hours talk / 9 days standby

The Vodafone 710 is simply a cheap device from a third-tier Chinese manufacturer which will probably be perfectly acceptable as a cheap 3G phone, but you have to question Vodafone’s commitment to the 3G platform when this is the sort of thing they churn out.

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