Vodafone Smart II review

We also had problems viewing videos. Initially, the Smart II couldn’t view any of our videos, so we installed MX Player and its latest collection of codecs. We could then play our WMV, MOV and Xvid files, but they were much too slow to watch. We did have luck with lower quality YouTube videos, though, so the Smart II’s perfect if you just want to watch basic online content. Perhaps more serious was our inability to install BBC iPlayer. It appeared in Google Play, but we couldn’t download it.

The Smart II comes with the usual navigation, media player and productivity viewer apps, and we were able to view our MS Office and PDF files. They were very slow to load, but at least the Smart II lets you view them on the move should you need to. It also comes with some games, such as Texas Hold ‘Em and Tetris, although these are actually just demos.

The Smart II’s a better phone than the similarly priced LG Optimus L3, but we still think you’d be better off spending an extra £30 and getting the Huawei Ascend G 300 . The G300 is smoother, more responsive and has a larger screen.