Huawei Vision review

Key features

• Quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G support
• 14.4 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 3.7" 16M-color capacitive LCD touchscreen of WVGA resolution (480 x 800 pixels)
• Android OS v2.3.5 Gingerbread
• SPB Shell 3D launcher preloaded
• Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset, 1 GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU,
• 512 MB of RAM and 2 GB ROM
• 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging
• 720p video recording @ 30fps
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA, hotspot functionality
• GPS with A-GPS
• microSD slot, up to 32GB
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Front facing camera
• Compact aluminum unibody

Main disadvantages

• Below-par sunlight legibility
• No dedicated camera key
• No video calling out of the box
• Non-user-replaceable battery
• SPB Shell 3D launcher looks messy
• Non-hot-swappable microSD slot

The Vision reports to the Honor in the previous generation of the Huawei Android lineup. By far the better-equipped smartphone, the Honor was let down by a stark lack of style. The Huawei Vision must've been quick to grab the chance. Not that it's propelled to staggering heights of finesse but the unibody design is a source of st