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Huawei Vision: Year old hardware specs in a body that looks similar to the Google Nexus S

Categories: Android, Huawei
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, August 4th, 2011 at 4:02 AM
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Chinese infrastructure vendor and handset maker Huawei has just announced a new smartphone called the “Vision”. It sports the Qualcomm MSM 8255 processor, which is a 45 nanometer chip that has a 1 GHz Scorpion core and an Adreno 205 GPU. It’s the same chip that’s inside numerous Android smartphones, from the HTC Desire HD, to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. When it came out in Q3 2010 it was considered awesome, but as we barrel towards the holiday 2011 shopping season, and damn near everything on the market comes with a dual core processor, the Vision brings absolutely nothing to the table except for maybe design. From the front the device looks like a Google Nexus S, with a soft rounded shape and seemingly (but unconfirmed) curved glass display. From the back the Vision looks like an HTC Flyer, the 7 inch tablet no one really wants since it runs the smartphone version of Android. We’d like to say good things about the Vision, but can’t since we don’t know how much it’ll cost. The 9.9 mm thin body and 3.7 inch screen packing smartphone is definitely Huawei’s prettiest device, but if it’s priced similar to what’s already out on the market, then … what’s the point, really?

Writing about Android smartphones these days is like writing about personal computers. They all have the same chips inside (Qualcomm for phones, Intel for PCs), they all run the same software (Android for phones, Windows for PCs), and they all pretty much look the same, except some come with a larger screen, some come with a smaller screen, while others even include a physical QWERTY keyboard. Had Huawei said the Vision was a pure Android device, we would have given it two thumbs up, but even they’re joining their competitors in mucking up Google’s vision (no pun intended) of what Android should look like by adding some stupid 3D carousel that’ll likely impede rather than enhance productivity.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • http://dhruvbhutani.com Dhruv Bhutani

    @Stefan:disqus Its running SPB Shell

  • Stumobile

    Don’t forget Stefan that there are lots of people who aren’t buying top end devices. If the price is right on this, this is going to be mind blowing for people who up until now would have had to deal with some nasty arm11 action. The rom mod scene will probably be all over this as well.

    This could be 2011′s Zte Blade (Orange San Francisco) if a carrier subsidized it enough

  • Anonymous

    well said

  • Anonymous

    well said

  • Anonymous

    well said

  • Anonymous

    well said

  • http://antoinerjwright.com Antoine RJ Wright

    Writing about Android devices feels like writing for PCs… glad someone lese figured that out ;) Now, which Android maker will do something like the Kyocera Echo, MetaWatch, or G1 and actually reinvent the mobile around Andorid is a better question, and probably worth an editorial or two.

  • http://antoinerjwright.com Antoine RJ Wright

    Writing about Android devices feels like writing for PCs… glad someone lese figured that out ;) Now, which Android maker will do something like the Kyocera Echo, MetaWatch, or G1 and actually reinvent the mobile around Andorid is a better question, and probably worth an editorial or two.

  • http://ponselbaru.info/ Handphone Baru

    Writing about Android devices feels like writing for PCs