According to recent reports, Huawei has announced it will be bringing the Ideos U8150 to India, its popular and inexpensive Android 2.2 Froyo smartphone. It will apparently launch sometime this month, and will cost less than Rs. 8,000, putting it in direct competition against the recently announced Micromax Andro as well as the Galaxy 5, with some distinct advantages.
The first of those is the Ideos’ Android 2.2 Froyo operating system, instead of 2.1 Eclair the Andro and Galaxy 5 possess. The next is a 2.8-inch capacitive touchscreen compared to the Andro’s resistive touchscreen.
Huawei will supposedly also be bringing its recently released (in Australia), higher-end Android Froyo handsets into the Indian market by mid-January, called the Ideos X5 and X6.
Check out the known specifications of the three phones below:
| Model | U8150 | X5 | X6 |
| 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | HSDPA | HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 |
| | HSDPA 1700 / 2100 | | HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 |
| Dimensions | 104.1 x 55.9 x 12.7 mm | – | 122 x 66 x 10 mm |
| Weight | 102.1 g | – | 143 g |
| Display | 2.8-inch (240×320) capacitive touchscreen, 256k colours | 3.8 inches capacitive, 16 million colours | 4.1-inches (480×800) capacitive touchscreen, 16 million colours |
| Camera | 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, geo-tagging, video recording CIF | 5 MP, 2592×1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, 720p video recording | 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, 720p video recording |
| OS | Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) | Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) | Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo) |
| CPU | Qualcomm MSM 7225 528 MHz processor | – | Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8255 1 GHz processor |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM | – | 512 MB RAM, 2 GB ROM |
| Storage | microSD expandability, up to 32GB | – | microSD expandability, up to 32GB |
| GPRS | Class 10 (4 1/3 2 slots), 32 – 48 kbps | – | – |
| EDGE | Class 10, 236.8 kbps | – | – |
| 3G | HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps | HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.0 w/A2DP, microUSB v2.0 | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 w/A2DP, microUSB v2.0 | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth v2.1 w/A2DP, microUSB v2.0 |
| Audio support | 3.5 mm audio jack, MP3/WMA/eAAC formats, FM radio | 3.5 mm audio jack, MP3/WMA/eAAC formats, FM radio, | 3.5 mm audio jack, MP3/WMA/eAAC formats, FM radio, |
| Video support | MP4/H.263/H.264 formats | MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 formats, HDMI out | MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264/DivX formats, HDMI out |
| Colours | Black body / blue, red, yellow backpanels | Black | Black |
| Battery | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh | – | Standard battery, Li-Ion 1400 mAh |
| Stand-by | Up to 288 h | – | – |
| Talk time | Up to 9 h | – | – |