This nameless little guy from Huawei has Android 2.2 (Froyo), a 2.8″ QVGA touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera, and HSDPA 3G. The Google logo is awfully prominent on the back, making me think this will be a “with Google” experience, but’s pretty up in the air right now. Android 2.2 has a few new features, like dedicated phone and browser shortcuts, Exchange support, upgraded gallery, and portable hotspot functions. It’s interesting seeing a phone like this get the latest software, while stuff with more impressive specs will have to wait.
This phone looks awfully similar to two Android handsets that Huawei released this month and a few from MWC, which were also on the lower end. Nokia’s already proven that swamping the market with affordable but reliable handsets is a strategy the works overall, but won’t do Huawei any favours if they ever want to try to pierce the high-end Android smartphone market. Hey, maybe they’ll just stick to the low-hanging fruit for the forseeable future.
No word on release markets, but since the source was Chinese, I’d say the odds of a North American release are 50/50. Whereever this sucker’s going, Huawei’s aiming to get it out in August.
[via Engadget]