Ideos to hit UK in mid-October at £99 to £129.
The launch represents a significant moment for China's Huawei, which is a giant in the handset space in Asia and is a powerful infrastructure company in telco, but has relatively little device presence in Europe.
Ideos supports voice dialing, voice navigation, and the ability to run applications off the SD card. Intriguingly, the device doubles as a wi-fi router for up to eight devices at a time.
The new smartphone will be released across Europe, Asia-Pacific North America and Latin America.
Kevin Tao, CEO of Huawei Device, said, “We are proud to have already achieved our goal from early 2010 of developing a US$150 smartphone, with a great user experience. The Ideos is an affordable option, designed to lower the barriers to entry to allow easy mobile Internet access.”
Huawei also unveiled the E5S next-generation mobile dongle, with new user-friendly features including a one-touch Wi-Fi activation and connection coupled with a wider Wi-Fi range. The E5S also has an upgraded OLED display and longer battery life. The recommended price is between £39 and £69 for pay as you go customers.
Huawei Device’s Android and mobile broadband shipped a combined 90 million units in 2009.
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