New Phone: T-Mobile Pulse Mini
So if you aren’t familiar, the T-Mobile Pulse was a phone T-Mobile UK launched not too long ago as a mid-range Android device for their subscribers. It had a 3.5 inch screen, 3.15MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, HSDPA 7.2, and Android 1.5.
Well Huawei and T-Mobile UK decided that those specs could be bumped down even more to try to get an Android device in everyone’s hand.
T-Mobile UK Pulse Mini Specs:
2.8 Inch Screen (instead of 3.5)
3.15MP Camera
Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS
HSPDA 3.2 (instead of 7.2)
Android 2.1 (instead of 1.5)
So you gain Android 2.1 and lose screen size and a decrease in 3G speed. But the major benefit for Android lovers over in Europe is, you guessed it, the price.
The phone will only cost £99.99 on a NO Contract plan (roughly $155). Not too bad considering you can just barely get an Android device for that here in the US WITH a contract, no?
I’m willing to bet we see plenty more of these budget Android devices from a few different manufacturers soon, as there is a largely untapped lower-end smartphone market. An Android for everyone?
Anyone willing to get a lower end Android phone if it was free on a contract or under $150 without a contract? Know anyone else who would? Maybe your mom?
EDIT: Sorry, one of those days. Huawei, not HTC, makes this phone.
The Pulse Mini is produced by Huawei, as was the first T-mobile Pulse.
HTC has been nowhere near the thing 😀
PostBus31,
Habit to write HTC, I guess lately lol It’s definitely a Huawei device guys. Sorry for the typo, been fixed.
Surely the Pulse Mini, like the original Pulse, will come from the factories of Huawei, not HTC?
HolyBear,
I GET IT GUYS lol Typo, was having one of those days lol I fixed it.
this is not HTC’s product! It’s Huawei’s – the company that has made “maxi” Pulse 😉
Adam,
Sheesh, was a typo. Lol
Not really a typo. More of a brain fart. 😉
Linuxluver,
True lol A serious brainfart. Proves that I’m a human and not some sophisticated robot though, right? lol