14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, Huawei joined the Open Handset Alliance, as most of you were probably expecting, since news that it was rumored to create Android devices had already surfaced. Now, however, it’s official and, even more, the Chinese company's mobiles are said to go to Australia first.
Most likely, Google and Huawei intend to distribute the mobiles in question to as many markets as possible, but a strict plan is to be followed. This plan has already dismissed plenty of countries that will not be part of the first wave of Huawei phone deliveries. Moreover, even if Australia was the first country announced to enjoy the handsets, whether the devices will come sooner or later is up to the Australian telecom companies.
A spokesperson stated on the matter, "Huawei can confirm that their first Android smartphone is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2009. Huawei's smartphones can be ordered and developed for Australian operators based on any such requests."
Knowing the Android's platform success and considering this collaboration between Google and Huawei, it is only natural that other companies will now try even harder to develop an Android mobile of their own.
In any case, the main idea is that there’s a high probability that this Huawei release, which is set for the third quarter of 2009, will reach a success ratio comparable to other Android phones, mostly since up till now, having a device operated by Google's open source platform always turned out to be the recipe for success.
HTC's Dream and the Kogan Agora, which also operate using the Android OS, are going to hit Australia as well, only sooner, being planned for January 29th. Since the price of Agora, which is a highly promising mobile, has been set for about AU$299, Huawei’s device will probably go for about the same amount.