A stunning and stylish Smartphone offered from Huawei is the Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5. It is fuelled by an Android OS v2.2 (Froyo), and is loaded with a 4.0 inch TFT capacitive touch-screen. This handset is greatly applauded in the market for being loaded with 5 MP camera with 2592?

Users can have access to Google Search; Maps; Gmail and Google Talk on these phones; Comes with MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player and MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 players; Equipped with organizer; Document viewer and Photo viewer/editor; Loaded with Adobe Flash 10.1; Voice memo/dial and Predictive text input; Comes...

Older version of Android OS; Lack of radio on these handsets; Camera quality is below average; Not so impressive audio player

Red Bull Mobile, running on the Cell C network, launched in February 2011 with some rather competitive post-paid contracts on offer. Through the RBM 200 package one can get the RBM HD Android smartphone, and this is the device considered in this review.

Huawei has done a fine job of delivering a phone with a good user experience and most of the components that we expect to see in phones twice- or three-times its price. The handset design isn't attractive but it's functional, and the 8GB microSD included with the X5 is the icing on the cake.

Incredible low price; Great performance; Swype keyboard; 8GB microSD included

No Wi-Fi hotspot, Average battery life, No media sharing, Slowest ..; camera ...

I'm not a very big fan of Huawei . In fact, I haven't really encountered much products from their company (just a modem that we have at home). Anyhow, I let this not be the deciding factor as Huawei has finally decided the pool of companies manufacturing android phones!

Huawei seems to be focusing more on building a loyal following than making money as this phone is clearly being sold below its fair price. It completely out-looks and out-performs all other phones in it price-range, and even many other high-end ones twice as expensive.

Comes with a 5 mega pixel camera which also doubles as a camcoder recording at 720p; Excellent photo and video quality; Multiple effects and great GUI; Very good energy-saving features help extned battery life; Sleek fashinable look; Excellent data connec

Only con I can think of is lack of a manual camera shutter button to take photos

The Huawei Ideos X5 has all the ingredients of a satisfying Android phone, but it faces stiff competition from the top and middle of the pack.

The Huawei Ideos X5 has a clear; sharp display; a decent camera; HD 720p video capture; and a touch of premium styling

There's no camera shutter button; the microSD card is behind the back cover; and call quality was variable

In terms of the look and feel of the phone, the X5 plays out like a ?lite? version of the HTC Desire range. It uses old Android software, there?s less processing power under the hood, it?s got a similar wide, large display, and for all that it?s half the price.

Large display; simplistic, attractive design; good battery life for Android phone; cheap

Bulky size; lacking Wi-Fi tethering

The Huawei Ideos X5 is a 120x62x11mm smartphone that sports a 3.8 touchscreen with an 800x480 pixel resolution. The screen isn't too bright or sharp, but at least it's wide. On the backend, it hides an 800MHz Qualcomm CPU, 2GB of internal memory and 512MB of RAM.

Large display; simplistic, attractive design; good battery life for Android phone; cheap

Bulky size; lacking Wi-Fi tethering

Muy bueno. Lo compre ayer y estoy sorprendido con las prestaciones. Lo recomiendo por su relacion precio - valor. great no problems with the battery lasted a day and now with android 2.3 upgrade you get twice as long, reception was mostly good a few times it dropped out but that is to be expected.

The Huawei Ideos X5 is an Android smartphone that has a lot to offer for a small price tag. EYE-CATCHING: The first thing you notice is the large 3.8in screen, which dominates the front of Huawei Ideos X5.

Affordable; 4GB memory; decent 5-megapixels camera

No dedicated camera button; microSD slot hidden under back casing