Smart Kicka 2 - be warned: no accelerometer!

<p>I have always liked small phones. I want a phone I can stick in my pocket and forget. But these days, "small" and "feature-rich" are mutually exclusive. And since there was nothing out there which had the features of my Nokia 700 (RIP) in a tiny package, I decided fine, I'll compromise and buy the Smart Kicka, because all it lacks is a GPS and that's not really an issue for me. And the Kicka was a great phone, had one for a year, no complaints.</p> <p> </p> <p>Then I saw the Kicka 2 was out, including GPS. Great, so I bought one. Big mistake. When you buy the next version of a well-known product, you expect it to at least have everything the previous version had.</p> <p> </p> <p>So yes, it has GPS. But it has no accelerometer. So no screen rotation, meaning that websites like Standard Bank's are unusable, because they cover so much of their mobile site in banners that it's unusable in portrait mode. And you can't rotate the camera, so your pictures are sideways when you send them to friends on WhatsApp. I'm sorry Vodacom, this isn't good enough. Screen rotation has been a standard smartphone feature for at least 8 years. </p> <p> </p> <p>So I'm back on my original Kicka. I'd rather have an accelerometer than GPS, but I'm amazed Vodacom could sell the Kicka 2 without an accelerometer, especially considering the first Kicka has one!</p>