The Huawei IDEOS U8150 is a great value fully-featured capacitive touch Android 2.2 smart phone. Perfect for first time Android users you can even choose to make a statement in yellow or blue with interchangeable battery covers.
I like this little unit, really good power behind it with its price. I look for its videos and reviews and from them of course it is not X10 or Driod or stuff like that but it is pretty good in its own skin.
On the note, I haven't have mine but really want to get a quick hand-on of this unit. If friends in Karachi who have get their handsets can help me out with that or hook me up with one directly from Zong.
Also whatever I learn about this set so far I put things over here along with some videos so do check those out at following address.
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I bought this phone on dec 28 here in Hydrabad. Its pretty responsive. Screen is bright but bit low res. i have'nt been able to figure out how to install flash on it. Installed Astro. Looked for Skype in Market but could'nt find it so downloaded the .apk of it and installed that way - now i can login to Skype but it crashes soon as i select a contact. So i did a little googling and found out that Skype for Android requires atleast 600MHz CPU as well as 480x320 res screen. IDEOS does not have either.
Other than that its a great smartphone. browsing is quick, plays all music and video formats (yxplayer) ofcourse not high res videos. So far i have not been able to do any VoIP. However Googles appz work swell. Maps, Lattitude, GTalk all work as well as on a much more expensive phone. Facebook too works A-1, however facebook videos dont work so far. YouTube works fine. All things considered its a great deal at this price!
Now if only i could unlock it!
I am using Ideos since 3 days as my 2nd phone (got it from Zong). I have a HTC Desire and I have used HTC Hero too.
For people who are planning to buy it, please dont hesitate, just go for it. Its an excellent phone. Its specs and performance is comparable with Hero.
The only issue which you will learn to overcome with time is the small screen; virtual keyboard is small to type sms or email in portrait view but to type in landscape view is perfect.
It is faster than my expectation, all software available for Froyo is compatible, There are no Zong Logos on phone or shown during startup (but it is carrier locked).
Camera result is not good indoors, but quite good outdoors (in sun light).
Very nice looking device. Screen is definitely capacitive. Froyo should run fine on this as it is leaner than 2.1, and it was created "with Google" which is officially branded on the back.
It has lots of great features like Whatsapp, Viber, smooth touch, expandable memory, etc. This phone has almost all the features which an high end phone has. I just love this phone.
I am using this phone from past 6 months, it actually does not have any issue. it works perfect. Apps like Whatsapp & Viber works so smooth. camera clarity is mind blowing. Music is crystal clear in loudspeaker. and touch is awesome...
this is an excellent phone at best price. it feels like I am using one of the expensive phone. It has lots of great features like Whatsapp, Viber, smooth touch, expandable memory, etc.
latest android phone for such a small amount where you get everything !!!! The touch is awesome and the camera quality is simply too cool … just love my ideos.
battery life of this phone is so good and I just love the touch of this phone !!! It’s a complete package .. Has everything wat an android phone requires..
i have this phone and it is very stylish and its very good for surfing and downloading
good applications and camera ....
this phone is nice and i have downloaded many apps and and its pretty fast. worth the price.....very interesting please come up with some more like these ….
Audrey Noronha, 06 Mar 2013Great Phone and will soon be getting a second to use as a modem with an optus prepaid modem us... moreGood camera, good sound quality, good applications, good for surfinf and downloading data,etc etc etc…. In short good phone and its worth the price that you are paying for an android phone.
very interesting a new and stlyish andriod phone with good quality and features.. The camera is good and very convenient wen it comes for a long day use….
This is a very nice phone and very stylish it has 3.2 mega pixl camera. Which is pretty good for an android phone and has very interesting applications as well. The battery life is also very long
Great Phone and will soon be getting a second to use as a modem with an optus prepaid modem usb inside. I would recommend this to a friend!
"Battery life so far has been excellent... more than I expected.
In summary, a it's a great phone for the money. And I reckon it will only drop down in price the longer it's on the market, as other manufacturers catch up."
The capacitive touch screen works well. 2.8" is a good size. I prefer a smaller phone so this fits the bill. And even though I have fat fingers I still have no problem typing on this, especially if I turn the keyboard to landscape mode.
"I've used the WiFi tethering to share my phones internet connection with my laptop and it worked really well.
The camera is pretty poor. Probably the biggest weak point. Picture is not sharp at all and has a lot of noise."
Construction is reasonably solid, but is all plastic (and the back cover is painted plastic) so I wouldn't expect it to stay looking new for long if not treated well. The colour back covers cheapen the look of phone a bit in my opinion. Would be good if it stocked the black ones too.
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