HTC Desire 200 goes official: 3.5 inches of low-end Android with Beats Audio and 5MP camera (updated)

HTC Desire 200 goes official 35 inches of lowend Android with Beats Audio and 5MP camera

After a dribble of leaks, including one that was entirely accurate, HTC has thrown the Desire 200 live on its website. We’re still missing some key info on pricing and availability, but the specs have been laid out in full: a neat form factor housing a 3.5-inch, 320 x 480 LCD display; an aging Snapdragon S1 1GHz processor running an unidentified version of Android (likely 4.0) and HTC’s Sense skin; 4GB of expandable storage and 512MB RAM; a 3G modem for HSDPA speeds of up to 7.2Mbps; 5-megapixel camera; and, finally, a pair of “high quality” Beats Audio in-ears (although the webpage depicts a pair of Solos). If anything lifts it above other budget Androids, it’ll be the decent-looking build quality and styling, coupled with the small size, which we hope will come for a very functional price tag.

Update: We have a price, courtesy of Engadget Chinese, but it only applies to Taiwan: NT$4990, which equates to around $165.

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Huawei Summit hits T-Mobile for $50 sporting faux-Android duds

DNP Huawei Summit hits TMobile for $49 sporting fauxAndroid duds

A recent leaked T-Mobile roadmap showed a Huawei Summit handset that we suspected was “possibly Android-flavored,” and now that the device has arrived in the carrier’s shop, we’re still not certain. It’s a basic phone, to be sure, with a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 display, 3.2-megapixel rear camera, GPS, Swype keyboard, WiFi, Bluetooth and HSPA+ network support. What’s not clear is the OS, which T-Mob cryptically lists as “proprietary,” but appears to at least have Android underpinnings, judging by the phone’s manual (and the fact that it’s rocking Swype). Hopefully, that won’t incur the wrath of Mountain View, but if you need a basic $50 phone and don’t care about Android-this or Open Handset Alliance-that, check the source.

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