Unboxing the Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 in Sydney Australia

Huawei U8800 IDEOS X5 - Released April 2011
FEATURES Android OS, v2.2 (Froyo)
CPU 800 MHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM 7230 chipset
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging
Secondary No
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh
Stand-by Up to 380 h (2G) / Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 8 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)
DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 800 pixels, 3.8 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Fingerprint-resistant surface
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Internal 2GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Card slot microSD (TransFlash) up to 32GB, buy memory
SOUND Alert types Vibration, MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Dolby Mobile sound enhancement
MEMORY Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
DATA GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps (U8800H) / 7.2 Mbps (U8800); HSUPA, 5.76 / 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Infrared port No
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML
Radio No
Games Yes
Colors Black
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
- Digital compass
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- SNS integration
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, Talk
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/WMV/H.263/H.264 player
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Photo viewer/editor
- Adobe Flash 10.1
- Voice memo/dial
- Predictive text input
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
SIZE Dimensions 120 x 62 x 11.6 mm
Weight 130 g

[whitehorse]

@ZapFlap hi Zap, to summarise, it's a great phone for the price, responsive and stable (not flaky) with a good multi-touch screen and texting is easy and pleasant to use. It's not the best-of-the-best, but very good value-for-money. It booted up and was ready to use immediately. It's an unlocked phone, able to be used with any avalable telecom in Australia. The phone is actually my teenage daughters phone - she had never used Android before, but was using it easily from the first day. A good buy

[whitehorse]

@bigmanyaxxx - lol - yeah, but the pink rubbery cover needs to have extra holes punched in it for the speaker and microphone positions. The proper-fit covers will be out before too long I hope.

[Maghau]

how was it texting, was it easy to hit the right button, not pressing the wrong things? and how was it to use when you first opened it? was it easy to find everything or did you have to sit down for a minute to find out something?

[whitehorse]

Who knows what these product marketing people are thinking? Hey Mario, we gonna call this phone your "Impulse" or my "Ideos"? I know, let's call it both names, but in different countries! Win - Win!

[rizzomiller]

why do the names differ i live in philadelphia (america) here its the huawei impulse.

[whitehorse]

@xxXXItsSebiHereXXxx - Yes indeedy-diddly-do - it has by default those Threaded SMS text messages.

[silvertv]

The only real drawaback with this phone is the battery life.