Vodafone Smart First 6 Smartphone Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. Design4. Display5. Software6. Performance7. Camera8. Battery9. Closing Thoughts10. View All Pages

So far we have seen a fairly simple design to the first 6, but how good a display can you buy for £30? In this instance, you get a WQHD resolution display – which is 480×800.

Across 4 inches, this works out at 233 PPI. Obviously this is not especially sharp, but there can be no complaints for the money. If you are going to buy a smartphone for £30, the likelihood is you just want it to work – and work it does.

Brightness is not dazzling but it gets the job done. Using the device indoors poses no problems, and while using the first 6 outside becomes a bit more difficult, it is not unusable.

Viewing angles are the worst aspect of the first 6's display – as there is no IPS panel, presumably for cost reasons. This means, should you tilt the phone too far in any direction, the display becomes essentially unusable.

However, hold it as you would a usual smartphone and it is perfectly acceptable to look at – viewing angles are just clearly not ideal, but then again, for £30 you are not paying for an ‘ideal' phone.

So what we have is a display that works, it is not always pretty, but it does the job and I cannot ask more for the £30 price point.

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