Huawei MediaPad tablet, Sonic and IDEOS X3 phones with Cloud Storage launched in India


Huawei has launched their MediaPad Honeycomb tablet and Huawei Sonic and Huawei IDEOS X3, Android phones with Cloud+ online storage. The Huawei Cloud+ service offers 16GB Cloud disk for storage and lets you share texts, pictures, videos and voice notes, Phone Finder to locate, back-up and lock, Cloud Gallery to easier viewing and sharing. It also has Huawei App Store for popular Indian and global apps and option to Sync Data and Over the air(OTA)OS upgrade.

The Huawei MediaPad was announced this June and it is now available in India. It comes with a 7-inch (1280×800 IPS) LCD display, Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS and it is powered by Dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm processor. It has 5MP audo-focus camera and 1.3MP front camera. The connectivity includes 3G(HSPA+ 14.4Mbps/EVDO Rev B/TD), Wi-Fi 802.11b / 802.11g / 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and GPS/A-GPS. It has FM Radio, 3.5mm stereo audio jack, Stereo speaker, HDMI,USIM Card Slot and 32GB expandable memory slot. It comes with 4100mAh that offers 6h working time. It is just 10.5mm thick and weighs 390g.

The Huawei Sonic (U8650) is the first phone with Cloud+ online storage. It comes with a 3.5-inch (320×480 pixels) Capacitive Touch screen display, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and has 600MHz Processor. It has 3.2MP fixed focus camera with video recording up to 30 FPS WVGA(MP4, H.263). The connectivity includes, 3G, WiFi 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1 (A2DP), MicroUSB (High Speed USB) and A-GPS with Compass. It has 256 RAM, 512MB internal memory that is expandable up 32 GB (4GB bundled) with MicroSD. It is 11.9mm thick and weighs 120g and comes with a 1400mAh battery.

The Huawei IDEOS X3 (U8510) is the second phone with the Cloud+ online storage and is the successor of the  IDEOS X2. It comes with a 3.2-inch (320×480 pixels) Capacitive Touch screen display, Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and has 600MHz Processor. It has 3D UI with homepage animations and other specs are similar to the Huawei Sonic. It is 11.2mm thick and weighs 104g and comes with a 1200mAh battery.

The Huawei MediaPad is priced at Rs. 28,359, the Huawei Sonic and Huawei IDEOS X3 Android phones are priced at Rs. 9,210 and Rs. 10,229 respectively.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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