There's also a required £10 (11 EUR or US$16) additional fee for a SIM card

Nov 14, 2011 09:21 GMT  ·  By

Introduced almost two months ago in the UK, Huawei Blaze is now £20 (23 EUR or US$32) cheaper than the original price of £99.95 (117 EUR or US$160).

Major retailer Phones4U is now selling the Huawei Blaze for just £80 (90 EUR or US$128) on PAYG (pay as you go).

However, customers who want to purchase the Huawei Blaze on PAYG will have to pay a £10 (11 EUR or US$16) additional fee for the SIM card, but their will receive some calling credit.

Phones4U retailer announced two months ago that both Huawei Blaze and Vision will be available in the UK in Q4, but only the former hit shelves on September 30.

The Chinese handset manufacturer confirmed that the Huawei Vision is still on track for this year and should arrive in stores sometime in December.

On related news, Huawei also stated that its MediaPad tablet is also en route to UK and will land in the country in early 2012, though no exact release date has been disclosed.

Although the Huawei Blaze is quite a stylish handset, it lacks the power punch of modern smartphones.

However, the device is an interesting alternative for customers who never owned an Android smartphone before.

The Blaze is delivered with a Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board, but comes pre-loaded with several Huawei apps and tweak that can be used to further customize the phone's interface.

The phone is equipped with a low performance 600 Mhz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and packs 512 MB of ROM, 256 MB of RAM, as well as microSD card slot for memory expansion (up to 32GB).

There's also a 3.2-inch capacitive touchscreen with 16 million colors support and 320 x 480 pixels resolution, while on the back, the Blaze features a 3-megapixel camera with autofocus and camcorder.

Software-wise, Huawei Blaze provides access to more than 250,000 apps via Android Market, and comes bundled with SNS integration and Google's suite of apps and services, including Google Search, Maps, Google Talk and Gmail.