Huawei MediaPad, Sonic and Ideos X3 hit India

Huawei has launched the Android 3.2-powered Media Pad and two other phones – the Sonic and Ideos X3 – in India.

Huawei has big plans for its trio of Android devices in India. The Huawei MediaPad was one of the first devices to market with Google's latest version of Honeycomb. 

Huawei also unveiled its new messaging service, Message+, which is essentially the company's own version of iMessage or BBM.

Huawei also detailed how the cloud service would feature inside its new range of products.

Commenting on the launch Mr. Anand Narang, Marketing Director at Huawei Devices said:

'We are really excited to be the first player globally and in India to launch Cloud Services. In our consumer interactions, we found that while smartphones being better than Feature phones, still have limitations.'

He added: 'That is where our Cloud+ service offering 16GB Net drive, integrated social phonebook, richer messaging and phone finder services will make our cloudphones smarter than the existing smartphones.'

'By launching industry’s first cloud phones and signing up Chetan Bhagat, India’s youth icon, we look forward to cater to a larger audience base now and further strengthen our belief in our tagline of “Why Wait?'

Here is a brief overview of the two devices from our sister site Know Your Mobile: 

'The Media Pad has 7-inch screen with WVGA display. It holds 1280x800pixel resolution with 217ppi, highest in the industry on an IPS display.

The tablet is packed with Qualcomm 1.2GHz dual core processor that certainly makes the tablet speedy and competitive in the market. The tablet runs on Android,3.2 (Honeycomb) which becomes another point for why you should consider it.

Media Pad also houses a 5-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera with full 1080p HD support for video recording.

The device is quite light with just 390grams of weight and 10.5mm thickness. The tablet includes a 4100mAh battery with connectivity options like Wi-Fi, GPS, 3G etc.'

Huawei Sonic:

'The Sonic is cloud+ based service product of the Chinese giant. According to Huawei it is the world’s first cloud based storage handset with exquisite entertainment features.

The Sonic has 3.5inch capacitive touch screen with HVGA resolution. It runs on Android, 2.3 (Gingerbread) and power packed with a 600MHz processor.

It also offers 256MB RAM 512MB in-built memory and additional 20GB (4GB microSD + 16GB cloud storage) storage.'

Huawei Ideos X3:

The phone itself is similar to the Ideos X2, featuring Huawei's cloud+ service. There's a 3.2-inch TFT capacitive touch screen with 320x480 resolution. Like Sonic it also runs on Android Gingerbread, has 20GB of storage and is powered by a 600MHz processor.

The Huawei Media Pad has been priced at Rs. 28,359 whereas Huawei Sonic and Ideas X3 have been priced at Rs. 9,210 and Rs. 10, 229 respectively.