The Huawei U8800 is the company’s latest Google blower, with the latest version of Android, 2.1, and for the first time, HSPA+ technology for even faster web surfing and wireless downloads. Naturally, Huawei was trumpeting its latest flagship phone here at Mobile World Congress the only way it knows how: by shoving it in a dirty box smeared with fingerprints. What is Huawei thinking?
On paper, the Huawei U8800 (right, first pic) sounds nothing short of sensational: HSPA+ means download speeds of up to 14Mb/s, and the 3.8-inch screen is one of the biggest on an Android smartphone yet. But the way it was on show at Huawei’s stand, you’d think the company was almost embarrassed to have come up with something so swish, and it wouldn’t let us hold the Huawei U8800 no matter how much we pestered and pleaded.
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We suspect the Huawei U8800′s crusty confines are a ruse to get publications to use Huawei’s glossy promo photography only, but we’re not falling for that trick – a phone is designed to be use in every day life, so that’s where we’ll get our photos from where possible, thanks.
The Huawei U8800 will be out somewhere between July and September, but take a good look at it in the flesh right here, right now. Just wash your hands when you’ve finished, thanks.
Out Q3 2010 | £TBC | Huawei
