4 Reasons Why The T-Mobile Pulse Will Makes Android Mainstream

Although it was launched without any fanfare, the T-Mobile Pulse, otherwise known as the Huawei U8220, could very well be the smartphone that will make the Android platform truly mainstream.

HTC & Samsung, which have produced the first Android phones to be widely available in the UK, have targeted the top-end of the mobile market spectrum but have yet to cater for the price sensitive £15 to £25 market.

Currently, the cheapest way to get an Android phone via a contract is by getting a T-Mobile G1 with Combi 25 + Internet for £27.50 from the Deutsch Telekom owned mobile network.

Here are four reasons why we think the Pulse could be the best thing that happened to the Android movement yet.

(1) Price

The Pulse will cost £180 (suggested retail price) which is roughly half the price of the T-Mobile G1 (which is sold at Expansys on T-Mobile PAYG for £335).

HTC has yet to release the G2 on PAYG. It places the phone on par with Nokia's uber popular 5800 Xpressmusic and chances are that it could go even lower...

(2) OEM

Because Huawei is an OEM manufacturer (basically making phones for third parties like Vodafone or T-Mobile), it is likely that the Pulse will appear elsewhere just like the the T-Mobile Vairy Touch and the Orange Vegas, both from ZTE.